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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, K,L,M,N,O,P.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose urban planning devastated the poor people of Paris in the 19th century?
(a) Nadar.
(b) Eiland.
(c) Hausmann.
(d) Pompidou.

2. What does the author say Baudelaire did not have as a child?
(a) Children's books.
(b) Toys.
(c) Parents.
(d) Shoes.

3. What are the men in suits sitting on in the rain in the lithography featured in Chapter 7?
(a) A car.
(b) An omnibus.
(c) A train.
(d) A building.

4. What does the author say the arcade merchants showed a tendency toward because of technology?
(a) Realism.
(b) Fanciness.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Urbanism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What century does Theodor Adorno work in?

2. What occupation does the men discussed in Chapter 7, Section S share?

3. What two centuries does the book span?

4. What is the later date of the face page of the expose used in Chapter 2?

5. What was Nietzche famous for criticizing in his writings?

(see the answer key)

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