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

2. The author of "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization" describes the growth of cities in Western Europe as historically bound by two elements: a middle class, and what?
(a) Freedom of the press.
(b) The rule of the King.
(c) Community organization.
(d) Democratic voting.

3. Richard LeGates describes the process of studying cities as what in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Never-ending.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Tedious.

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

5. Engels describes the working-class districts and the public health consequences of these horrors where in "The Great Towns"?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Manchester.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer born?

3. Where was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer from?

4. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?

5. Richard LeGates points out that colleges and universities today have a tendency to do what to knowledge, according to "How to Study Cities"?

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