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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title was given to the poor people of France in the 19th century?
(a) Proletariat.
(b) Noble.
(c) Mercant.
(d) Bourgeouisie.

2. What is the name of the princes whom Baudelaire writes to?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Eugenie.
(d) Jane.

3. What did the arcade merchants unite to provide for the first time according to Chapter 5?
(a) Housing.
(b) Street entertainment.
(c) Street cafes.
(d) Books.

4. Which of the following things is not considered part of the psychological order the arcades created?
(a) Urbanism.
(b) Modernity.
(c) The 19th century.
(d) European perspective.

5. What city are the arcades the author focuses on located?
(a) London.
(b) Munich.
(c) Paris.
(d) Moscow.

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

7. What phrase does the author discuss that is spelled backwards in Chapter 6?
(a) CHANGING STATION.
(b) WASHING ROOM.
(c) COFFEE ROOM.
(d) CAFE.

8. What word does Theodor Adorno use to describe a group of notes that share the same topics?
(a) Constellation.
(b) Personification.
(c) Similie.
(d) Trope.

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

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

11. How were most weddings before the 19th century in Paris described?
(a) Prearranged.
(b) The people marrying each other chose.
(c) Chosen by the King.
(d) The groom chose a bride.

12. What movement is the commune built after?
(a) The Black Plague.
(b) The Revolution.
(c) The Modern Age.
(d) The Technological Age.

13. In what decade does the author say business first increased at the arcades?
(a) 1810s.
(b) 1780s.
(c) 1850s.
(d) 1890s.

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

15. What industry relied upon the success of the iron industry in the 19th century?
(a) Textiles.
(b) The Railway.
(c) Construction companies.
(d) Automotives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the following sentence from the author discussing William Blake, "Imagination is not ______ . . . Imagination is an almost divine faculty which perceives . . ."

2. What year did Au Bon Marche sell 450,000 Francs?

3. What does the author use to distinguish sections within his chapters?

4. What were used both in the railroad and the arcades during their constructions?

5. What subjects did Baudelaire believe the future of literature would rely on?

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