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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. Who introduces urban history in the article "New Perspectives on American History"?
(a) Raymond Mohl.
(b) Larry S. Bourne.
(c) Frederic Stout.
(d) Kevin Lynch.

2. Whose "thoughtful prescriptions for urban poverty" are discussed by LeGate in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Michael Porter's.
(b) Larry S. Bourne.
(c) Lewis Mumford.
(d) John Forester's.

3. What city's civilization does V. Gordon Childe describe from 3000-2000 B.C. in "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) Rome.
(b) Beijing.
(c) London.
(d) Crete.

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

5. When was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer born?
(a) 1475.
(b) 1470.
(c) 1467.
(d) 1471.

Short Answer Questions

1. Urban economists tend to study the economics of cities using what kind of methods, according to LeGate in "How to Study Cities"?

2. What examples of cities and civilizations from the Stone era does V. Gordon Childe describe in "The Urban Revolution"?

3. What research method involves the analysis of statistical data?

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

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

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