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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Perspectives on Urban Form and Design.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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"?
(a) Rome.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

3. When was the imaginary city surveyed and laid out in "The Almost Perfect Town"?
(a) 1890s
(b) 1880s
(c) 1860s
(d) 1870s.

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

5. The author of "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" viewed the social growth and physical growth of a city as being what?
(a) Essential.
(b) Interrelated.
(c) Unrelated.
(d) Without limit.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Polis" first published?

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

3. What is the first of the five zones of the city described in "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project"?

4. When was "The Great Towns" first published?

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

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