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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Broadacre City: A New Community Plan"?
(a) Raymond Unwin.
(b) Robin Hambleton.
(c) William Julius Wilson.
(d) Frank Lloyd Wright.

2. Who authored "The City as Image"?
(a) Oscar Lewis.
(b) William Julius Wilson.
(c) John Mollenkopf.
(d) Burton Pike.

3. Who are the authors of "Cities and Uneven Economic Development"?
(a) Mike Savage and Alan Warde.
(b) Alan Warde and Saskia Sassen.
(c) Saskia Sassen and Mike Savage.
(d) Robin Hambleton and Alan Warde.

4. In "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America," the author discusses the developments in the U.S. and U.K. for the past how many years?
(a) 12.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 8.

5. "Cities and Uneven Economic Development" compares the trade and manufacturing of midland England, for example, versus the financial functions of what major cities?
(a) New York and London.
(b) Boston and Philadelphia.
(c) Paris and Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago and St. Louis.

6. When was "A Contemporary City" first published?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1937.

7. Who wrote "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
(a) Gerry Stoker.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Robin Hambleton.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

8. What is the fourth of the four kinds of power described by the author in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
(a) Coalition.
(b) Preemptive.
(c) Command/social.
(d) Systematic.

9. What essay in the collection was written by Peter Hall?
(a) "The City of Theory."
(b) "It Takes A Village."
(c) "Total Utopia."
(d) "The Factual Town."

10. In comparing U.S. and U.K. governments in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America," the author concludes the British system is more what?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Corrupt.
(c) Inept.
(d) Central.

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

12. When was "Choosing a Future" first published?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1984.

13. Who wrote "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?
(a) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(b) Robin Hambleton.
(c) Raymond Unwin.
(d) Saskia Sassen.

14. In "How to Study Urban Political Power," the author writes that there have been two groups of researchers studying city politics: the pluralists, and who?
(a) The ruralists.
(b) The realists.
(c) The urbanists.
(d) The structuralists.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Keeping Themselves to Themselves," one of the main reasons for the failure of the relocation, the authors contest, is that the inhabitants moved into what kind of community?

3. When were "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet" first published?

4. When was John Kasarda's "The Jobs-Skills Mismatch" first published?

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

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