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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 "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" first published?
2. When was "Choosing a Future" first published?
3. In "Choosing a Future," Murray examines education as a possible solution, noting that many barriers to a fair education had already been eliminated by what era?
4. What city did Patrick Geddes cite for its "mistakes, disasters, even vandalisms" in "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government"?
5. Who is the author of "The Black Underclass"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What negative aspects of poverty does Oscar Lewis describe?
2. What did the authors of "Kinship and Community" find in interviews with the residents? What happened after they relocated?
3. How does John Mollenkopf define structuralists and pluralists in "How to Study Urban Political Power"?
4. What ideas do Frank S. So and Judith Getzel present in the anthology?
5. What is questioned in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?
6. What case studies are presented in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
7. What does John Kasarda concluted in "The Jobs-Skills Mismatch"?
8. What picture of the urban poor is depicted in "The Black Underclass"?
9. What is detailed in "Broadacre City: A New Community Plan"?
10. What does Gerry Stoker define regime theory as in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the life and career of Friedrich Engels and his vision of urbanization in "The Great Towns." How did Engels' socialist viewpoint reflect in his vision of urbanization?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Define and identify the different fields of specialization and topics of study under the umbrella of "urban studies." How do these relate to the class you are currently in?
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