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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. When was "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" first published?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1925.

2. 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) Utopian.
(b) Space.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Silver.

3. LeGates writes in "How to Study Cities" that there are "social, spacial and _____ aspects to urban poverty as well as economic ones."
(a) Random.
(b) Hereditary.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Political.

4. "The Design of Spaces" is a result of a study requested by whom?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The Central Intelligence Agency.
(c) The New York City Planning Commission.
(d) The New York Mayor's Office.

5. When was "The Great Towns" first published?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1844.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of the five zones of the city described in "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project"?

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

3. In "Nature in the Metropolis," Ian McHarg writes about the best way to construct a city in harmony with what?

4. The author of "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" viewed the social growth and physical growth of a city as being what?

5. Richard LeGates points out that colleges and universities today have a tendency to do what to knowledge, according to "How to Study Cities"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Richard LeGates' purpose in the article "How to Study Cities"?

2. How does H.D.F. Kitto define "polis" in "The Polis"?

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

4. What was Davis' conclusion about the patterns of urbanization in "The Urbanization of the Human Population"?

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

6. What led to the publication of "The Design of Spaces"? What does this study entail?

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

8. What type of dwelling and community is described in "Levittown and America"? What does the author conclude?

9. What is the subject of the essay "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety"? What assertions does the author claim?

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

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