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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 credit for giving a sense of time in the book in the form of a calendar?
(a) Discology.
(b) Anthropolgy.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Sociology.

2. How might the order of the first chapter be described?
(a) Alphabetical.
(b) Numerical.
(c) Organized.
(d) Unorganized.

3. What is the title of Chapter 4 of the book?
(a) First Sketches.
(b) Urban Myth.
(c) The Beginning of Photography.
(d) Baudelaire.

4. Complete this sentence from the opening of Section IV of Chapter 2, "The criminals in early _______ novels are neither gentlemen nor apaches, but private citizens of the middle class".
(a) History.
(b) Detective.
(c) Romance.
(d) Mystery.

5. What were the poor people of Paris forced to do as a consequence of urban planning in the 19th century?
(a) Pay high taxes.
(b) Be imprisoned.
(c) Evacuate the city.
(d) Move to another country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the arcades allow merchants to do because the areas were sufficiently enclosed?

2. What does the author describe as "thee" capital of Europe in the 19th century?

3. What country did the author Nietzche hail from?

4. What type of technology was first used in the arcades of Paris according to Chapter 2?

5. Who does the author say had a six-foot-high gold-plated key on their business sign at the arcade?

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