View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The editors of The City Reader have taught at the San Francisco State University, University of California, Berkley and what other institution, according to the Introduction from the Editors?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Coloumbia University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Rutgers University.

2. Who wrote "How to Study Urban Political Power"?
(a) Burton Pike.
(b) William Julius Wilson.
(c) Raymond Unwin.
(d) John Mollenkopf.

3. Who is the second editor listed in the Introduction from the Editors?
(a) Larry S. Bourne.
(b) Lewis Mumford.
(c) Frederic Stout.
(d) Raymond Mohl.

4. Who wrote "A City Is Not a Tree"?
(a) Jane Jacobs.
(b) Michael Young.
(c) Christopher Alexander.
(d) Kenneth T. Jackson.

5. The editors describe John Brinckerhoff Jackson's view of the Southwestern city in "The Almost Perfect Town" as what?
(a) "Semimythical."
(b) "Beyond belief."
(c) "Corrupt."
(d) "Heavenly."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first city plan described by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life" planned around?

2. Who wrote "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?

3. What is the second city plan described by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life" planned around?

4. Kevin Lynch writes in "The City Image and Its Elements" about concepts that are common to cities and necessary for these areas to be what?

5. What is the third city plan described by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life" planned around?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 260 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample