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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Visions, Theory, and Practice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many boulevards would shoot off the city center in Ebenezer Howard's "The Town-Country Magnet"?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

2. When was "A Contemporary City" first published?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1926.

3. Who wrote "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns"?
(a) Saskia Sassen.
(b) Raymond Unwin.
(c) Frederick Law Olmsted.
(d) Frank Lloyd Wright.

4. Who is the author of "The Negro Problems of Philadelphia"?
(a) W.E.B. Dubois.
(b) H.D.F. Kitto.
(c) Kenneth T. Jackson.
(d) Henri Pirenne.

5. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?
(a) Henri Pirenne.
(b) Bernal Diaz.
(c) Ibn Battuta.
(d) H.D.F. Kitto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does the author of "The Polis" use as an example of the peak of the polis?

2. Who is the author of "The Black Underclass"?

3. What current trends of the urban life does Mumford refer to as the "postnucleated city"?

4. What civilization's community was more geographically centered, and citizens were expected to contribute to the justice system, seeing it as their community duty according to the author of "The Polis"?

5. Where was Patrick Geddes from?

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