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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. The author of "The Polis" writes that the term polis refers to more of a what than the current "city"?
(a) Mosaic-state.
(b) Autocratic state.
(c) Dictatorial state.
(d) Peace state.

2. V. Gordon Childe writes in "The Urban Revolution" that the three revolutions separating the major eras are the urban, the industrial and what?
(a) Paleolithic.
(b) Philosophical.
(c) Neolithic.
(d) Artistic.

3. In the Prologue, "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that how many selections are included in The City Reader?
(a) 52.
(b) 53.
(c) 59.
(d) 56.

4. When was the article "Levittown and America" first published?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1961.

5. Who is the second editor listed in the Introduction from the Editors?
(a) Frederic Stout.
(b) Raymond Mohl.
(c) Lewis Mumford.
(d) Larry S. Bourne.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Great Towns" first published?

2. Rather than using the traditional three ages of Stone, Bronze and Iron, V. Gordon Childe writes that development is better seen as occurring in the Paleolithic, Neolithic, urban, and what eras?

3. Who introduces urban history in the article "New Perspectives on American History"?

4. What author excerpted in The City Reader is recognized as an expert in the social science discipline of history, according to "How to Study Cities"?

5. In "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that the borderlines between the objects of study, methods, theory and work product of different disciplines are what?

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