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

2. What urban designer and his students conducted surveys of residents of Boston and other cities to understand how they perceived the city environment?
(a) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(b) Kingsley Davis.
(c) Kevin Lynch.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

3. What was at the center of the imaginary American city when it was first laid out in "The Almost Perfect Town"?
(a) Cemetery.
(b) Cathedral.
(c) Courthouse.
(d) Hospital.

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

5. When was John Kasarda's "The Jobs-Skills Mismatch" first published?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Design of Spaces" is a result of a study requested by whom?

2. In comparing U.S. and U.K. governments in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America," the author concludes the American system is more what?

3. In "How to Study Urban Political Power," the author writes that there have been two groups of researchers studying city politics: the pluralists, and who?

4. What controversial book is Charles Murray most well known for?

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

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