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

2. Who introduces urban history in the article "New Perspectives on American History"?
(a) Raymond Mohl.
(b) Frederic Stout.
(c) Kevin Lynch.
(d) Larry S. Bourne.

3. Who wrote the book The City in History in 1961?
(a) Lewis Mumford.
(b) James Q. Wilson.
(c) Kevin Lynch.
(d) Raymond Mohl.

4. Who wrote "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?
(a) H.D.F. Kitto.
(b) Kingsley Davis.
(c) Bernal Diaz.
(d) Henri Pirenne.

5. Who was the author of "The Polis"?
(a) Ibn Battuta.
(b) Marco Polo.
(c) H.D.F. Kitto.
(d) Henri Pirenne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does the author of "The Polis" use as an example of the peak of the polis?

2. What conquistador wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards under Hernán Cortés?

3. Who wrote "The Drive-In Culture of Contemporary America"?

4. When did Friedrich Engels produce The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?

5. What city's civilization does V. Gordon Childe describe from 3000-2000 B.C. in "The Urban Revolution"?

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