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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) The realists.
(b) The ruralists.
(c) The urbanists.
(d) The structuralists.

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

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

5. What current trends of the urban life does Mumford refer to as the "postnucleated city"?
(a) Demoralization and decentralization.
(b) Dissociation and demoralization.
(c) Dissociation and decentralization.
(d) Demoralization and dismay.

6. 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) Green space.
(b) National parks.
(c) Urban centers.
(d) Vertical dwellings.

7. 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) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Edinburgh.

8. When was "How to Study Urban Political Power" first published?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1985.

9. 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"?
(a) Increasing taxation.
(b) Decreasing taxation.
(c) Cutting public spending.
(d) Frequent elections.

10. 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) Central.
(c) Inept.
(d) Plural.

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

12. Where was Patrick Geddes from?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Scotland.

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

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

15. Who wrote "Kinship and Community" and "Keeping Themselves to Themselves"?
(a) Peter Willmott and Christopher Alexander.
(b) Oscar Lewis and Peter Willmott.
(c) Michael Young and Peter Willmott.
(d) Oscar Lewis and Christopher Alexander.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Patrick Geddes's "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government" first published?

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 "A Contemporary City"?

4. When was "The Culture of Poverty" first published?

5. Who does the author of "The Black Underclass" criticize for their fear to confront the issues of the poor black community?

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