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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Urban Society and Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italy.

2. Where are the slums and factories located in the city from "The Almost Perfect Town"?
(a) Myrtle Avenue.
(b) Locust Street.
(c) Railroad Avenue.
(d) South Main Street.

3. Who was the author of "The Polis"?
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) Ibn Battuta.
(c) H.D.F. Kitto.
(d) Henri Pirenne.

4. What is the name of the book in which "The Polis" was first published?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Gods.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Ottomans.

5. In "Nature in the Metropolis," Ian McHarg writes about the best way to construct a city in harmony with what?
(a) People.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Wind.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What periodical first published "The Urban Revolution"?

2. When was the Second Edition of The City Reader published in an expanded version?

3. Kevin Lynch writes in "The City Image and Its Elements" about concepts that are common to cities and necessary for these areas to be what?

4. V. Gordon Childe discusses the evolution of cities in Spain, Britain, and Germany during what period in "The Urban Revolution"?

5. Who wrote "The Drive-In Culture of Contemporary America"?

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