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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of academic programs are referred to as those which bring the expertise of specialists from multiple disciplines together?
(a) Combidisciplinary programs.
(b) Megadisciplinary programs.
(c) Interdisciplinary programs.
(d) Doctorate programs.

2. When was the Second Edition of The City Reader published in an expanded version?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1996.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1998.

3. Who wrote the article "The Urbanization of the Human Population"?
(a) Kingsley Davis.
(b) Kevin Lynch.
(c) William Julius Wilson.
(d) Raymond Mohl.

4. What kind of computer software permits users to map data and is useful in studying cities?
(a) NHL.
(b) GIS.
(c) KGB.
(d) CIA.

5. Richard LeGates describes the process of studying cities as what in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Tedious.
(b) Never-ending.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Complicated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What urban designer and his students conducted surveys of residents of Boston and other cities to understand how they perceived the city environment?

2. Who does LeGate write developed a "broken window" theory and community policing ideas in "How to Study Cities"?

3. What urban sociologist did extensive field research in Black ghettos of Chicago?

4. LeGates writes in "How to Study Cities" that there are "social, spacial and _____ aspects to urban poverty as well as economic ones."

5. The editors write in the Introduction from the Editors that their students have asked for the past how many years what the best writings in urban development are?

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