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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 does the author describe as "thee" capital of Europe in the 19th century?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

2. What was Nietzche famous for criticizing in his writings?
(a) America.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Politics.

3. What objects served an important purpose to separate the public in the arcades from those outside?
(a) Gates.
(b) Glass walls.
(c) Barricades.
(d) Guards.

4. What concept does the author credit as an attribute of the modern world along with ennui?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Lying.
(c) Rudeness.
(d) Boredom.

5. What two centuries does the book span?
(a) 17th and 18th.
(b) 19th and 20th.
(c) 18th and 19th.
(d) 20th and 21st.

Short Answer Questions

1. Other than French, what other culture is represented in the poems shared in Chapter 2?

2. What country did the author Nietzche hail from?

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

4. What does the author describe as a group of notes that are associated with the same topic?

5. Whose urban planning devastated the poor people of Paris in the 19th century?

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