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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. What city's civilization does V. Gordon Childe describe from 3000-2000 B.C. in "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) Rome.
(b) London.
(c) Crete.
(d) Beijing.

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

3. Where was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does LeGates write "have their advantage that they are based on consistent methods for acquiring knowledge and a more or less agreed upon body of knowledge"?

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

3. V. Gordon Childe discusses the evolution of cities in Spain, Britain, and Germany during what period in "The Urban Revolution"?

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

5. What city is described with the Church initially a factor in its boundaries, though later Charlemagne grew the empire in "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?

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