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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. In the Prologue, "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that how many selections are included in The City Reader?
(a) 56.
(b) 53.
(c) 52.
(d) 59.

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

3. When was "The Great Towns" first published?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1835.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" first published?

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

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

4. Engels describes the working-class districts and the public health consequences of these horrors where in "The Great Towns"?

5. 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"?

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