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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 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) Tug of war.
(b) Power tolerance.
(c) Obediance.
(d) Regime theory.

2. Who wrote "The Culture of Poverty"?
(a) Christopher Alexander..
(b) Oscar Lewis.
(c) William Julius Wilson.
(d) Michael Young.

3. What refers to entry points or points of transportation in a city in "The City Image and Its Elements"?
(a) Nodes.
(b) Tunnels.
(c) Doors.
(d) Stems.

4. Who wrote "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety"?
(a) Ernest W. Burgess.
(b) Kenneth T. Jackson.
(c) Christopher Alexander.
(d) Jane Jacobs.

5. "The Design of Spaces" is a result of a study requested by whom?
(a) The Central Intelligence Agency.
(b) The New York Mayor's Office.
(c) The New York City Planning Commission.
(d) The Wall Street Journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Almost Perfect Town" first published?

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

3. What controversial book is Charles Murray most well known for?

4. 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?

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

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