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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. Where was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Italy.
(d) Poland.

2. 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) 1400 B.C.
(c) 1500 A.D.
(d) 1500 B.C.

3. Who wrote "Of the Noble and Magnificent City of Kin-sai"?
(a) Ibn Battuta.
(b) Henri Pirenne.
(c) H.D.F. Kitto.
(d) Marco Polo.

4. What does LeGates write "have their advantage that they are based on consistent methods for acquiring knowledge and a more or less agreed upon body of knowledge"?
(a) Disciplines.
(b) Degrees.
(c) Scientific laws.
(d) Theories.

5. Who is the author of "The Black Underclass"?
(a) Oscar Lewis.
(b) William Julius Wilson.
(c) Burton Pike.
(d) Michael Young.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author of "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns," parks combat vice and what?

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

3. What refers to reference points that have a clear form, contrast with their background, and have prominent locations in "The City Image and Its Elements"?

4. When was "Urbanism as a Way of Life" first published?

5. Who authored "The City as Image"?

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