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

2. What periodical first published "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) Forbes.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) Town Planning Review.

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

4. When was "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety" first published?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1961.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the city areas or "parts" of a city in "The City Image and Its Elements"?

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

3. The editors of The City Reader have taught at the San Francisco State University, University of California, Berkley and what other institution, according to the Introduction from the Editors?

4. Richard LeGates writes in "How to Study Cities" that professors are trained in and expected to teach material within their respective what?

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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