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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. 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) Democratic voting.
(b) Freedom of the press.
(c) The rule of the King.
(d) Community organization.

2. Where are the slums and factories located in the city from "The Almost Perfect Town"?
(a) Myrtle Avenue.
(b) Railroad Avenue.
(c) Locust Street.
(d) South Main Street.

3. What research method involves the analysis of statistical data?
(a) Qualitative.
(b) Number crunching.
(c) Political.
(d) Quantitative.

4. "The Design of Spaces" is a result of a study requested by whom?
(a) The Central Intelligence Agency.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The New York Mayor's Office.
(d) The New York City Planning Commission.

5. When did Friedrich Engels produce The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1851.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does LeGate write developed a "broken window" theory and community policing ideas in "How to Study Cities"?

2. What urban sociologist did extensive field research in Black ghettos of Chicago?

3. Who was the author of "The Polis"?

4. When was "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety" first published?

5. In the Prologue, "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that how many selections are included in The City Reader?

(see the answer key)

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