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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Urban Society and Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ernest W. Burgess what is central to the expansion of cities?
(a) Decentralization.
(b) Wealth.
(c) The mayor's office.
(d) Culture.

2. When were "Kinship and Community" and "Keeping Themselves to Themselves" first published?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1955.

3. Who wrote "The Culture of Poverty"?
(a) Oscar Lewis.
(b) William Julius Wilson.
(c) Christopher Alexander..
(d) Michael Young.

4. What conquistador wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards under Hernán Cortés?
(a) H.D.F. Kitto.
(b) Henri Pirenne.
(c) Bernal Diaz.
(d) Marco Polo.

5. At what institution is Richard LeGates a Professor of Urban Studies?
(a) University of Southern California.
(b) Humboldt State University.
(c) San Francisco State University.
(d) University of California Santa Clara.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Urbanism as a Way of Life" first published?

2. Lewis Mumford presents the city as a collection of primary groups assembled together, with their physical organization determining levels of what?

3. What city does the author of "The Polis" use as an example of the peak of the polis?

4. What civilization's community was more geographically centered, and citizens were expected to contribute to the justice system, seeing it as their community duty according to the author of "The Polis"?

5. What is the second city plan described by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life" planned around?

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