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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. The author of "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization" describes the growth of cities in Western Europe as historically bound by two elements: a middle class, and what?
(a) Community organization.
(b) The rule of the King.
(c) Democratic voting.
(d) Freedom of the press.

2. When was "The Polis" first published?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1947.

3. What is the third city plan described by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life" planned around?
(a) Security.
(b) Managing power.
(c) Eliminating the difference between producers and consumers.
(d) Efficient consumption.

4. What research method involves the analysis of statistical data?
(a) Qualitative.
(b) Quantitative.
(c) Number crunching.
(d) Political.

5. The editors describe John Brinckerhoff Jackson's view of the Southwestern city in "The Almost Perfect Town" as what?
(a) "Corrupt."
(b) "Heavenly."
(c) "Beyond belief."
(d) "Semimythical."

Short Answer Questions

1. At what institution is Richard LeGates a Professor of Urban Studies?

2. What city does John Brinckerhoff Jackson describe in "The Almost Perfect Town"?

3. The author of "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" viewed the social growth and physical growth of a city as being what?

4. Who does LeGate write developed a "broken window" theory and community policing ideas in "How to Study Cities"?

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

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