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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 current trends of the urban life does Mumford refer to as the "postnucleated city"?
(a) Demoralization and dismay.
(b) Demoralization and decentralization.
(c) Dissociation and demoralization.
(d) Dissociation and decentralization.

2. Who rejects economic and social controls and see politics as the study of systematic power in "How to Study Urban Political Power"?
(a) The structuralists.
(b) The communists.
(c) The realists.
(d) The pluralists.

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

4. What is the name of the book in which "The Polis" was first published?
(a) The Ottomans.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Gods.

5. What civilization's community was more geographically centered, and citizens were expected to contribute to the justice system, seeing it as their community duty according to the author of "The Polis"?
(a) Roman.
(b) Italian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Ottoman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" first published?

3. Who wrote "Kinship and Community" and "Keeping Themselves to Themselves"?

4. "The Design of Spaces" is a result of a study requested by whom?

5. Who wrote "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?

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