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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Visions, Theory, and Practice.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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"?
(a) Michael Porter.
(b) Lewis Mumford.
(c) Kenneth Jackson.
(d) Frederic Stout.

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

4. V. Gordon Childe discusses the evolution of cities in Spain, Britain, and Germany during what period in "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) 1300 B.C.
(b) 1500 A.D.
(c) 1400 B.C.
(d) 1500 B.C.

5. Who is the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual"?
(a) Robin Hambleton.
(b) Raymond Unwin.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What urban sociologist did extensive field research in Black ghettos of Chicago?

2. Where was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer from?

3. Who is the second editor listed in the Introduction from the Editors?

4. When was "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America" first published?

5. What is the first of the five elements that are common to cities described in "The City Image and Its Elements"?

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