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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. Who authored "The City as Image"?

2. When was "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" first published?

3. "Kinship and Community" and "Keeping Themselves to Themselves" describe the relationships of the working class in what British area?

4. Who wrote "The Culture of Poverty"?

5. When was Patrick Geddes born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gerry Stoker write about "neo-pluralists"?

2. What does Gerry Stoker define regime theory as in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?

3. What picture of the urban poor is depicted in "The Black Underclass"?

4. What are Saskia Sassen's views on development? What article discusses this?

5. What does Patrick Geddes describe in "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government"?

6. What does John Kasarda concluted in "The Jobs-Skills Mismatch"?

7. What three possible city plans are presented in "Urbanism as a Way of Life"?

8. What is questioned in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?

9. What does Ebenezer Howard propose for urban developers? Which articles are his?

10. What does Oscar Lewis write about in the anthology? What are his theories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the traditional ages in comparison with V. Gordon Childe's distinctions of historical eras. How does Childe's view differ?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the ideas in "Nature in the Metropolis" and "What Would a Non-Sexist City Be Like? Speculations on Housing, Urban Design, and Human Work." How do the goals of these articles relate to one another?

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