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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. V. Gordon Childe discusses the evolution of cities in Spain, Britain, and Germany during what period in "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) 1500 A.D.
(b) 1500 B.C.
(c) 1300 B.C.
(d) 1400 B.C.

2. Where can wealth and fashionable residences be found in the city from "The Almost Perfect Town"?
(a) North Main Street.
(b) Lakeshore Drive.
(c) Robson Street.
(d) Walker Drive.

3. When was Friedrich Engels born?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1814.
(d) 1820.

4. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?
(a) Ibn Battuta.
(b) Henri Pirenne.
(c) Bernal Diaz.
(d) H.D.F. Kitto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The editors write in the Introduction from the Editors that their students have asked for the past how many years what the best writings in urban development are?

2. Who is the author of "The Negro Problems of Philadelphia"?

3. Who wrote the book The City in History in 1961?

4. What author excerpted in The City Reader is recognized as an expert in the social science discipline of history, according to "How to Study Cities"?

5. When was "The City Image and Its Elements" first published?

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