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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Visions, Theory, and Practice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first of several responses to developments of local governments given by the author in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?
(a) Frequent elections.
(b) Decreasing taxation.
(c) Increasing taxation.
(d) Cutting public spending.

2. What city does the author of "The Polis" use as an example of the peak of the polis?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Athens.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Rome.

3. Who wrote the article "The Urbanization of the Human Population"?
(a) William Julius Wilson.
(b) Kevin Lynch.
(c) Kingsley Davis.
(d) Raymond Mohl.

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

5. What is the first of four kinds of power described by the author in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
(a) Coalition.
(b) Command/social.
(c) Systematic.
(d) Preemptive.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "What is a City?" first published?

2. What refers to reference points that have a clear form, contrast with their background, and have prominent locations in "The City Image and Its Elements"?

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

4. What kind of streets does the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual" argue have reduced urban overcrowding?

5. LeGates writes in "How to Study Cities" that there are "social, spacial and _____ aspects to urban poverty as well as economic ones."

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