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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer from?

2. When was the article "Levittown and America" first published?

3. When was Friedrich Engels born?

4. What urban sociologist did extensive field research in Black ghettos of Chicago?

5. Richard LeGates writes in "How to Study Cities" that professors are trained in and expected to teach material within their respective what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What city does Pirenne discuss in "Cities and European Civilization"? How does he describe it?

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

4. What vision is described in Ernest W. Burgess's "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project"?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Henri Pirenne's "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization" each discuss cities in slightly different ways. What is the first article in reference to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss authors Mike Davis, Allan Jacobs and Donald Appleyard, examining the biography, career, and theories of each. How are these concepts reflected in "Fortress L.A." and "Toward an Urban Design Manifesto"?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss authors Michael Young and Peter Willmott and British area of Bethnal Green. During what period did the authors study the area?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the life and career of author W.E.B. Dubois. Where was W.E.B. Dubois born and raised? How did this affect his vision of urban development?

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