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

2. LeGates writes in "How to Study Cities" that there are "social, spacial and _____ aspects to urban poverty as well as economic ones."
(a) Political.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Hereditary.
(d) Random.

3. What controversial book is Charles Murray most well known for?
(a) The Long Road.
(b) The Bell Curve.
(c) My First Goat.
(d) Dinner With Mabel.

4. "What is a City?" discusses the urban experience as what to human life?
(a) Enlightening.
(b) Detrimental.
(c) Unimportant.
(d) Central.

5. When was the imaginary city surveyed and laid out in "The Almost Perfect Town"?
(a) 1880s
(b) 1860s
(c) 1890s
(d) 1870s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Great Towns" first published?

2. 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?

3. Who authored "The City as Image"?

4. Who are the authors of "Cities and Uneven Economic Development"?

5. What urban designer and his students conducted surveys of residents of Boston and other cities to understand how they perceived the city environment?

(see the answer key)

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