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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. When was conservative icon Charles Murray born?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1945.

2. What civilization's community was more geographically centered, and citizens were expected to contribute to the justice system, seeing it as their community duty according to the author of "The Polis"?
(a) Italian.
(b) Greek.
(c) Roman.
(d) Ottoman.

3. When was John Kasarda's "The Jobs-Skills Mismatch" first published?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1993.

4. Who authored "The City as Image"?
(a) William Julius Wilson.
(b) Burton Pike.
(c) John Mollenkopf.
(d) Oscar Lewis.

5. Who was the author of "The Polis"?
(a) Ibn Battuta.
(b) H.D.F. Kitto.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Henri Pirenne.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Urbanism as a Way of Life" first published?

2. In "Nature in the Metropolis," Ian McHarg writes about the best way to construct a city in harmony with what?

3. Who wrote "Place and Production in the Global Economy"?

4. What did the concept of polis stress in its establishment of temples, stadiums, and theaters?

5. When was Friedrich Engels born?

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