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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Evolution of Cities.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What conquistador wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards under Hernán Cortés?
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) H.D.F. Kitto.
(c) Henri Pirenne.
(d) Bernal Diaz.

3. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?
(a) Ibn Battuta.
(b) Henri Pirenne.
(c) Bernal Diaz.
(d) H.D.F. Kitto.

4. What is the name of the book in which "The Polis" was first published?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Gods.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Ottomans.

5. When was "The Great Towns" first published?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1845.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who edited the book The Internal Structure of the City?

2. Who was the author of "The Polis"?

3. What civilization's community was more geographically centered, and citizens were expected to contribute to the justice system, seeing it as their community duty according to the author of "The Polis"?

4. When was "The Polis" first published?

5. Who wrote "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?

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