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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Evolution of Cities.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Urban Revolution" first published?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1948.

2. What did the concept of polis stress in its establishment of temples, stadiums, and theaters?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Bath houses.
(c) Courthouses.
(d) Public spaces.

3. What periodical first published "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) Forbes.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) Town Planning Review.

4. 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) Democratic voting.
(b) Freedom of the press.
(c) The rule of the King.
(d) Community organization.

5. Richard LeGates describes the process of studying cities as what in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Enlightening.
(b) Tedious.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Never-ending.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the article "Levittown and America" first published?

2. Whose insights on urban planning in the face of conflict does LeGate claim to be intellectually rigorous in "How to Study Cities"?

3. Richard LeGates points out that colleges and universities today have a tendency to do what to knowledge, according to "How to Study Cities"?

4. The editors of The City Reader have taught at the San Francisco State University, University of California, Berkley and what other institution, according to the Introduction from the Editors?

5. Who wrote the book The City in History in 1961?

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