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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Beginning of Photography.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Introductions.
(b) Exposes.
(c) Street Fighting.
(d) The Arcades.

2. Who is credited with most of the photos used in the book?
(a) Eiland.
(b) Nadar.
(c) McLaughlin.
(d) Benjamin.

3. What type of technology was first used in the arcades of Paris according to Chapter 2?
(a) Torches.
(b) Candles.
(c) Gas lights.
(d) Lamps.

4. What did the arcades allow merchants to do because the areas were sufficiently enclosed?
(a) Hold bulk stock.
(b) Keep money.
(c) Gather.
(d) Live.

5. Who is the author of the book?
(a) Alexander Dumas.
(b) Walter Benjamin.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) Howard Eiland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city are the arcades the author focuses on located?

2. What is the most important concept the author puts forth in Chapter 3?

3. In what decade does the author say business first increased at the arcades?

4. How might the order of the first chapter be described?

5. What is the name of the middle class that emerged in Paris in the 19th century?

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