1. Whose "thoughtful prescriptions for urban poverty" are discussed by LeGate in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Larry S. Bourne.
(b) Michael Porter's.
(c) Lewis Mumford.
(d) John Forester's.

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

3. In the Prologue, "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that how many selections are included in The City Reader?
(a) 53.
(b) 56.
(c) 52.
(d) 59.

4. What urban sociologist did extensive field research in Black ghettos of Chicago?
(a) Kevin Lynch.
(b) Lewis Mumford.
(c) John Reps.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

5. Urban sociologists tend to study the sociology of cities using what kind of methods, according to LeGate in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Qualitative.
(b) Quantitative.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Political.

Short Answer Questions

1. The editors write in the Introduction from the Editors that their students have asked for the past how many years what the best writings in urban development are?

2. What research method involves the analysis of statistical data?

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

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

5. What kind of computer software permits users to map data and is useful in studying cities?

(see the answer key)

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