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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What essay in the collection was written by Peter Hall?
(a) "The Factual Town."
(b) "The City of Theory."
(c) "Total Utopia."
(d) "It Takes A Village."

3. When were "Kinship and Community" and "Keeping Themselves to Themselves" first published?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1957.

4. The author of "The Black Underclass" argues that upwardly mobile men have moved out of poor black communities, depriving these communities of what?
(a) Father figures.
(b) Priests.
(c) Congressmen.
(d) Potential leaders.

5. Who wrote "How to Study Urban Political Power"?
(a) John Mollenkopf.
(b) Burton Pike.
(c) Raymond Unwin.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

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

7. 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) 1950s.
(d) 1970s.

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

9. What is the third 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) Security.
(d) Managing power.

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

11. Who wrote "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?
(a) Saskia Sassen.
(b) Raymond Unwin.
(c) Robin Hambleton.
(d) Frank Lloyd Wright.

12. Who does the author of "The Black Underclass" criticize for their fear to confront the issues of the poor black community?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Communists.
(c) Liberals.
(d) Republicans.

13. "What is a City?" discusses the urban experience as what to human life?
(a) Unimportant.
(b) Detrimental.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Central.

14. When was "A Contemporary City" first published?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1937.

15. 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?
(a) Vertical dwellings.
(b) Green space.
(c) Urban centers.
(d) National parks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ebenezer Howard born?

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. 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?

4. What is the second of four kinds of power described by the author in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?

5. Where was Ebenezer Howard from?

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