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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. When was "The Polis" first published?
2. What kind of computer software permits users to map data and is useful in studying cities?
3. Who wrote the article "The Urbanization of the Human Population"?
4. In the Prologue, "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that how many selections are included in The City Reader?
5. What urban designer and his students conducted surveys of residents of Boston and other cities to understand how they perceived the city environment?
Short Essay Questions
1. What works of W.E.B. Dubois are in the collection? What does Dubois center on in his writing?
2. How many selections are in The City Reader? How were they chosen, according to Richard LeGates?
3. What led to the publication of "The Design of Spaces"? What does this study entail?
4. How does H.D.F. Kitto define "polis" in "The Polis"?
5. What vision is described in Ernest W. Burgess's "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project"?
6. What environment does Engels describe in "The Great Towns"? Where does his analysis take place?
7. What city is described in John Brinckerhoff Jackson's "The Almost Perfect Town"?
8. What metaphor does Christopher Alexander make in "A City is Not a Tree"?
9. What are examples of "boundaries" as defined by Kevin Lynch? What are nodes?
10. In Friedrich Engels' "The Great Towns," how does the author describe the other side of the river? What does he blame for the urban congestion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss and describe John Mollenkopf and the theories and ideas presented in "How to Study Urban Political Power." What are the two groups of researchers described in the article?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the lives, careers, and theories of the authors of "The Almost Perfect Town," "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" and "The City Image and Its Elements." How do these authors' views differ on urban development?
Essay Topic 3
Describe authors Charles Murray and Burton Pike. How did Charles Murray rise to "icon" status? What politics does he represent? How do the authors differ in their vision?
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