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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conquistador wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards under Hernán Cortés?
(a) Henri Pirenne.
(b) H.D.F. Kitto.
(c) Bernal Diaz.
(d) Marco Polo.

2. Who does LeGate write developed a "broken window" theory and community policing ideas in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) George L. Kelling and William Julius Wilson.
(b) James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling.
(c) Michael Porter and William Julius Wilson.
(d) Michael Porter and James Q. Wilson.

3. V. Gordon Childe writes in "The Urban Revolution" that the three revolutions separating the major eras are the urban, the industrial and what?
(a) Neolithic.
(b) Paleolithic.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Artistic.

4. The author of "The Polis" writes that the term polis refers to more of a what than the current "city"?
(a) Mosaic-state.
(b) Autocratic state.
(c) Dictatorial state.
(d) Peace state.

5. What urban designer and his students conducted surveys of residents of Boston and other cities to understand how they perceived the city environment?
(a) Kevin Lynch.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Kingsley Davis.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

6. 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) Ottoman.
(d) Greek.

7. V. Gordon Childe discusses the evolution of cities in Spain, Britain, and Germany during what period in "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) 1500 A.D.
(b) 1500 B.C.
(c) 1400 B.C.
(d) 1300 B.C.

8. 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) Bernal Diaz.
(d) Ibn Battuta.

9. When was the imaginary city surveyed and laid out in "The Almost Perfect Town"?
(a) 1880s
(b) 1860s
(c) 1870s.
(d) 1890s

10. What is the first of the five zones of the city described in "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project"?
(a) The government zone.
(b) The urban zone.
(c) The shopping district.
(d) The financial zone.

11. Whose insights on urban planning in the face of conflict does LeGate claim to be intellectually rigorous in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Lewis Mumford's.
(b) James Q. Wilson's.
(c) Frederic Stout's.
(d) John Forester's.

12. When was "The Great Towns" first published?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1844.

13. Who was the author of "The Polis"?
(a) Ibn Battuta.
(b) Henri Pirenne.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) H.D.F. Kitto.

14. Who wrote the book The City in History in 1961?
(a) James Q. Wilson.
(b) Raymond Mohl.
(c) Lewis Mumford.
(d) Kevin Lynch.

15. Who introduces urban history in the article "New Perspectives on American History"?
(a) Kevin Lynch.
(b) Raymond Mohl.
(c) Frederic Stout.
(d) Larry S. Bourne.

Short Answer Questions

1. The editors write in the Introduction from the Editors that their students have asked for the past how many years what the best writings in urban development are?

2. When was Friedrich Engels born?

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

4. What city's civilization does V. Gordon Childe describe from 3000-2000 B.C. in "The Urban Revolution"?

5. 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?

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