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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the article "The Urbanization of the Human Population"?
(a) William Julius Wilson.
(b) Kingsley Davis.
(c) Raymond Mohl.
(d) Kevin Lynch.

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) Lewis Mumford.
(b) Michael Porter.
(c) Frederic Stout.
(d) Kenneth Jackson.

3. Whose insights on urban planning in the face of conflict does LeGate claim to be intellectually rigorous in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) James Q. Wilson's.
(b) Lewis Mumford's.
(c) Frederic Stout's.
(d) John Forester's.

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) Theories.
(b) Scientific laws.
(c) Disciplines.
(d) Degrees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that how many selections are included in The City Reader?

2. Richard LeGates points out that colleges and universities today have a tendency to do what to knowledge, according to "How to Study Cities"?

3. Who is the author of The Making of Urban America?

4. Urban sociologists tend to study the sociology of cities using what kind of methods, according to LeGate in "How to Study Cities"?

5. Whose "thoughtful prescriptions for urban poverty" are discussed by LeGate in "How to Study Cities"?

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