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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Urban Politics, Governance, and Economics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first of several responses to developments of local governments given by the author in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?
(a) Decreasing taxation.
(b) Frequent elections.
(c) Cutting public spending.
(d) Increasing taxation.

2. What kind of research does not necessarily look at numbers or statistical analysis?
(a) Political.
(b) Quantitative.
(c) Qualitative.
(d) Industrial.

3. What is the fourth of the four kinds of power described by the author in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
(a) Coalition.
(b) Systematic.
(c) Preemptive.
(d) Command/social.

4. The author of "The Polis" writes that the term polis refers to more of a what than the current "city"?
(a) Peace state.
(b) Autocratic state.
(c) Mosaic-state.
(d) Dictatorial state.

5. What is referred to as the relationship and interaction between governmental and non-governmental bodies, seeing how they interact and get results in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
(a) Regime theory.
(b) Obediance.
(c) Tug of war.
(d) Power tolerance.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Friedrich Engels born?

2. Lewis Mumford presents the city as a collection of primary groups assembled together, with their physical organization determining levels of what?

3. Where can wealth and fashionable residences be found in the city from "The Almost Perfect Town"?

4. Who wrote "Of the Noble and Magnificent City of Kin-sai"?

5. What research method involves the analysis of statistical data?

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