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

2. Who are the authors of "Cities and Uneven Economic Development"?
(a) Mike Savage and Alan Warde.
(b) Saskia Sassen and Mike Savage.
(c) Robin Hambleton and Alan Warde.
(d) Alan Warde and Saskia Sassen.

3. What refers to the city areas or "parts" of a city in "The City Image and Its Elements"?
(a) Limbs.
(b) Territories.
(c) Districts.
(d) Boroughs.

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

5. What is the first of the five zones of the city described in "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project"?
(a) The shopping district.
(b) The financial zone.
(c) The government zone.
(d) The urban zone.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Polis" first published?

2. Within the city, what are most important to Lewis Mumford in "What is a City?"

3. Who wrote "Of the Noble and Magnificent City of Kin-sai"?

4. What city is described with the Church initially a factor in its boundaries, though later Charlemagne grew the empire in "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?

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

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