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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Richard LeGates writes in "How to Study Cities" that professors are trained in and expected to teach material within their respective what?
(a) Hobbies.
(b) Area's of amusement.
(c) Field of interest.
(d) Academic disciplines.

4. When was the Second Edition of The City Reader published in an expanded version?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2000.

5. What kind of computer software permits users to map data and is useful in studying cities?
(a) CIA.
(b) GIS.
(c) NHL.
(d) KGB.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. In "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that the borderlines between the objects of study, methods, theory and work product of different disciplines are what?

3. 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?

4. LeGates writes in "How to Study Cities" that there are "social, spacial and _____ aspects to urban poverty as well as economic ones."

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

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