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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. When was "The Black Underclass" first published?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1984.

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"?
(a) Boundaries.
(b) Statues.
(c) Monuments.
(d) Landmarks.

3. When was "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" first published?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1870.

4. Who wrote "A City Is Not a Tree"?
(a) Michael Young.
(b) Christopher Alexander.
(c) Kenneth T. Jackson.
(d) Jane Jacobs.

5. What is the first of the five factors which "city of tomorrow" would emerge in "Ecumenopolis, World City of Tomorrow"?
(a) Man.
(b) Water.
(c) Nature.
(d) Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that the borderlines between the objects of study, methods, theory and work product of different disciplines are what?

2. 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?

3. Who wrote "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety"?

4. Who wrote "Ecumenopolis, World City of Tomorrow"?

5. What is the fourth of the five factors which "city of tomorrow" would emerge in "Ecumenopolis, World City of Tomorrow"?

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