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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. When was conservative icon Charles Murray born?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1943.

2. Where was Patrick Geddes from?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

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

4. Who does the author of "The Black Underclass" criticize for their fear to confront the issues of the poor black community?
(a) Liberals.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Communists.

5. Who wrote "Kinship and Community" and "Keeping Themselves to Themselves"?
(a) Oscar Lewis and Christopher Alexander.
(b) Oscar Lewis and Peter Willmott.
(c) Peter Willmott and Christopher Alexander.
(d) Michael Young and Peter Willmott.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nature in the Metropolis," Ian McHarg writes about the best way to construct a city in harmony with what?

2. Who wrote "The Culture of Poverty"?

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

4. When was "The Almost Perfect Town" first published?

5. Who wrote "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns"?

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