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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Spain.

2. What refers to the city areas or "parts" of a city in "The City Image and Its Elements"?
(a) Districts.
(b) Boroughs.
(c) Limbs.
(d) Territories.

3. Rather than using the traditional three ages of Stone, Bronze and Iron, V. Gordon Childe writes that development is better seen as occurring in the Paleolithic, Neolithic, urban, and what eras?
(a) Silver.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Utopian.
(d) Space.

4. Who is the author of "The Negro Problems of Philadelphia"?
(a) H.D.F. Kitto.
(b) Kenneth T. Jackson.
(c) W.E.B. Dubois.
(d) Henri Pirenne.

5. What refers to reference points that have a clear form, contrast with their background, and have prominent locations in "The City Image and Its Elements"?
(a) Landmarks.
(b) Statues.
(c) Boundaries.
(d) Monuments.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Friedrich Engels born?

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

3. What author excerpted in The City Reader is recognized as an expert in the social science discipline of history, according to "How to Study Cities"?

4. Richard LeGates describes the process of studying cities as what in "How to Study Cities"?

5. At what institution is Richard LeGates a Professor of Urban Studies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What environment does Engels describe in "The Great Towns"? Where does his analysis take place?

2. How is The City Reader structured as an anthology?

3. How many selections are in The City Reader? How were they chosen, according to Richard LeGates?

4. What is The City Reader aimed at in the academic setting? What authors in the selection have specialties in the field of urban study?

5. What does Richard LeGates discuss in terms of discipline within academia in the Introduction?

6. Describe author Kingsley Davis. What works is he most well-known for?

7. What impact did the feudal system have on production, according to "The Urbanization of the Human Population"? When did production levels change?

8. How did open spaces become a part of urbanization, according to H.D.F. Kitto? From what culture did they arise?

9. How does "The Urbanization of the Human Population" explain urbanization in relation to human development?

10. What metaphor does Christopher Alexander make in "A City is Not a Tree"?

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