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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard LeGates points out that colleges and universities today have a tendency to do what to knowledge, according to "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Cheapen.
(b) Trivialize.
(c) Compartmentalize.
(d) Over analyze.

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

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

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

5. At what institution is Richard LeGates a Professor of Urban Studies?
(a) Humboldt State University.
(b) University of Southern California.
(c) University of California Santa Clara.
(d) San Francisco State University.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who introduces urban history in the article "New Perspectives on American History"?

3. 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"?

4. 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?

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

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