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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. What city does John Brinckerhoff Jackson describe in "The Almost Perfect Town"?
(a) Optimum City.
(b) Optimo City.
(c) Opium City
(d) Optimizer City.

2. Whose "thoughtful prescriptions for urban poverty" are discussed by LeGate in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Larry S. Bourne.
(b) Michael Porter's.
(c) Lewis Mumford.
(d) John Forester's.

3. What kind of academic programs are referred to as those which bring the expertise of specialists from multiple disciplines together?
(a) Combidisciplinary programs.
(b) Doctorate programs.
(c) Megadisciplinary programs.
(d) Interdisciplinary programs.

4. In "Nature in the Metropolis," Ian McHarg writes about the best way to construct a city in harmony with what?
(a) People.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Wind.
(d) Nature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Almost Perfect Town" first published?

2. According to Ernest W. Burgess what is central to the expansion of cities?

3. 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?

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

5. Who is the second editor listed in the Introduction from the Editors?

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