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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) 52.
(b) 56.
(c) 59.
(d) 53.

2. 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?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Coloumbia University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Rutgers University.

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

4. Kevin Lynch writes in "The City Image and Its Elements" about concepts that are common to cities and necessary for these areas to be what?
(a) "Psychologically satisfying."
(b) "Intellectually stimulating."
(c) "Sexually gratifying."
(d) "Morally gratifying."

5. The First Edition of The City Reader was published by Routledge in what year?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1992.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?

2. What periodical first published "The Urban Revolution"?

3. What city does the author of "The Polis" use as an example of the peak of the polis?

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?

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

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