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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Visions, Theory, and Practice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What publication is Ebenezer Howard most well-known for publishing?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) Garden Cities of To-morrow.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The New York Times.

2. When were "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet" first published?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1898.

3. Where was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

4. When was "The Polis" first published?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1952.

5. What current trends of the urban life does Mumford refer to as the "postnucleated city"?
(a) Demoralization and dismay.
(b) Dissociation and decentralization.
(c) Demoralization and decentralization.
(d) Dissociation and demoralization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ebenezer Howard call the central area in his Utopian cities in "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet"?

2. What does the author of "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" write advanced a democratic society, taking pressure off of different classes by giving them an area that they can all enjoy?

3. What kind of cities does Ebenezer Howard present as a protest against overcrowding?

4. How many residents live in the hypothesized city in "A Contemporary City"?

5. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?

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