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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "The Culture of Poverty"?
(a) Oscar Lewis.
(b) Christopher Alexander..
(c) Michael Young.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

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

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

4. When was conservative icon Charles Murray born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1940.

5. Where was Ebenezer Howard from?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

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

7. 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) Inept.
(b) Plural.
(c) Greedy.
(d) Central.

8. Lewis Mumford presents the city as a collection of primary groups assembled together, with their physical organization determining levels of what?
(a) Drama.
(b) Fame.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Wealth.

9. How many boulevards would shoot off the city center in Ebenezer Howard's "The Town-Country Magnet"?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

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) Edinburgh.
(b) Genoe.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

11. In "Choosing a Future," Murray examines education as a possible solution, noting that many barriers to a fair education had already been eliminated by what era?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1950s.

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

13. What term refers to a system of persons or things arranged in a graded order?
(a) Hierarchy.
(b) Seniority.
(c) Rank.
(d) Pecking order.

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

15. In "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America," the author discusses the developments in the U.S. and U.K. for the past how many years?
(a) 21.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Regime Theory and Urban Politics" first published?

2. What is the first of several responses to developments of local governments given by the author in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?

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

4. What controversial book is Charles Murray most well known for?

5. When was Ebenezer Howard born?

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