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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. Within the city, what are most important to Lewis Mumford in "What is a City?"

2. What controversial book is Charles Murray most well known for?

3. Who is the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual"?

4. What publication is Ebenezer Howard most well-known for publishing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What questions are posed in John Mollenkopf's "How to Study Urban Political Power"?

3. How does John Mollenkopf define structuralists and pluralists in "How to Study Urban Political Power"?

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

5. Where does the study take place in "Kinship and Community"? Who conducted it?

6. What did the authors of "Kinship and Community" find in interviews with the residents? What happened after they relocated?

7. What plans and theories are presented in "A Contemporary City"?

8. What would the outer and inner city contain in "Urbanism as a Way of Life"?

9. What ideas do Frank S. So and Judith Getzel present in the anthology?

10. How has planning changed, according to Peter Hall in "The City of Theory"?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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