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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. According to Ernest W. Burgess what is central to the expansion of cities?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Culture.
(c) The mayor's office.
(d) Decentralization.

2. What city is described with the Church initially a factor in its boundaries, though later Charlemagne grew the empire in "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Amsterdam.

3. Who is the author of The Making of Urban America?
(a) Lewis Mumford.
(b) James Q. Wilson.
(c) John Reps.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

4. When were "Kinship and Community" and "Keeping Themselves to Themselves" first published?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1959.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety" first published?

2. The author of "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" viewed the social growth and physical growth of a city as being what?

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

4. Who wrote "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?

5. What city does the author of "The Polis" use as an example of the peak of the polis?

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