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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. When was "The Almost Perfect Town" first published?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1952.

2. Who wrote "The Drive-In Culture of Contemporary America"?
(a) W.E.B. Dubois.
(b) Kenneth T. Jackson.
(c) Henri Pirenne.
(d) Ibn Battuta.

3. V. Gordon Childe writes in "The Urban Revolution" that the three revolutions separating the major eras are the urban, the industrial and what?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Paleolithic.
(c) Neolithic.
(d) Philosophical.

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

5. What urban designer and his students conducted surveys of residents of Boston and other cities to understand how they perceived the city environment?
(a) William Julius Wilson.
(b) Kevin Lynch.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(d) Kingsley Davis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of academic programs are referred to as those which bring the expertise of specialists from multiple disciplines together?

2. Where are the slums and factories located in the city from "The Almost Perfect Town"?

3. Engels writes that it is what that has crammed the people into squalor in "The Great Towns"?

4. Urban economists tend to study the economics of cities using what kind of methods, according to LeGate in "How to Study Cities"?

5. What is the first of the five elements that are common to cities described in "The City Image and Its Elements"?

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