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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. The First Edition of The City Reader was published by Routledge in what year?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1996.

2. What is the first 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.

3. What examples of cities and civilizations from the Stone era does V. Gordon Childe describe in "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) Egypt, Sumner, and India.
(b) Scotland, Iran, and Sudan.
(c) Egypt, Sudan, and Ireland.
(d) India, Ireland, and Chile.

4. What city did Patrick Geddes cite for its "mistakes, disasters, even vandalisms" in "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government"?
(a) Genoe.
(b) Paris.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Rome.

5. Who wrote the book The City in History in 1961?
(a) Kevin Lynch.
(b) Lewis Mumford.
(c) James Q. Wilson.
(d) Raymond Mohl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?

2. Where was Patrick Geddes from?

3. What publication is Ebenezer Howard most well-known for publishing?

4. "Cities and Uneven Economic Development" compares the trade and manufacturing of midland England, for example, versus the financial functions of what major cities?

5. What periodical first published "The Urban Revolution"?

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