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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who edited the book The Internal Structure of the City?
(a) Lewis Mumford.
(b) John Reps.
(c) Larry S. Bourne.
(d) Frederic Stout.

2. Who does LeGate write developed a "broken window" theory and community policing ideas in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Michael Porter and James Q. Wilson.
(b) George L. Kelling and William Julius Wilson.
(c) James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling.
(d) Michael Porter and William Julius Wilson.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of research does not necessarily look at numbers or statistical analysis?

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

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

5. Who wrote the book The City in History in 1961?

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