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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: The Future of The City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first of the five elements that are common to cities described in "The City Image and Its Elements"?
(a) Businesses.
(b) Homes.
(c) Paths.
(d) Emergency services.

2. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?
(a) Henri Pirenne.
(b) H.D.F. Kitto.
(c) Ibn Battuta.
(d) Bernal Diaz.

3. "Arcology: The City in the Image of Man" and "The Characteristics of Arcology" were first published in what year?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1968.

4. What is the third city plan described by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life" planned around?
(a) Security.
(b) Eliminating the difference between producers and consumers.
(c) Efficient consumption.
(d) Managing power.

5. What would serve as the "lungs" of the hypothesized city in "A Contemporary City"?
(a) Power plants.
(b) Stadiums.
(c) Open spaces.
(d) Factories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author of "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" write advanced a democratic society, taking pressure off of different classes by giving them an area that they can all enjoy?

2. Who wrote "How to Study Urban Political Power"?

3. Who wrote "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns"?

4. What city did Patrick Geddes cite for its "mistakes, disasters, even vandalisms" in "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government"?

5. When was "A Contemporary City" first published?

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