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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Broadacre City: A New Community Plan"?
(a) Raymond Unwin.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Robin Hambleton.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

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

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

4. Who is the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual"?
(a) Robin Hambleton.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) William Julius Wilson.
(d) Raymond Unwin.

5. When was "Urbanism as a Way of Life" first published?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1935.

6. Who authored "The City as Image"?
(a) Oscar Lewis.
(b) Burton Pike.
(c) William Julius Wilson.
(d) John Mollenkopf.

7. What did Ebenezer Howard call the central area in his Utopian cities in "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet"?
(a) Crystal Palace.
(b) The Ivory Tower.
(c) The Green Obelisk.
(d) The Drum Circle.

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

9. In comparing U.S. and U.K. governments in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America," the author concludes the American system is more what?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Inept.
(c) Plural.
(d) Central.

10. What city did Patrick Geddes cite for its "mistakes, disasters, even vandalisms" in "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government"?
(a) Genoe.
(b) Rome.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Paris.

11. When was "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America" first published?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1989.

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

13. Who wrote "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
(a) Gerry Stoker.
(b) Robin Hambleton.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

14. Who are the authors of "Cities and Uneven Economic Development"?
(a) Mike Savage and Alan Warde.
(b) Robin Hambleton and Alan Warde.
(c) Saskia Sassen and Mike Savage.
(d) Alan Warde and Saskia Sassen.

15. When was Patrick Geddes born?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1854.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How to Study Urban Political Power," the author writes that there have been two groups of researchers studying city politics: the pluralists, and who?

2. Within the city, what are most important to Lewis Mumford in "What is a City?"

3. Who wrote "A Contemporary City"?

4. Who discuss the implications of social complexities and question what the advantage of interests implies, according to the author of "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?

5. How many residents live in the hypothesized city in "A Contemporary City"?

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