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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety" first published?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1957.

2. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?
(a) Henri Pirenne.
(b) H.D.F. Kitto.
(c) Bernal Diaz.
(d) Ibn Battuta.

3. What is the first of the five elements that are common to cities described in "The City Image and Its Elements"?
(a) Paths.
(b) Homes.
(c) Emergency services.
(d) Businesses.

4. Who introduces urban history in the article "New Perspectives on American History"?
(a) Frederic Stout.
(b) Larry S. Bourne.
(c) Kevin Lynch.
(d) Raymond Mohl.

5. What urban designer and his students conducted surveys of residents of Boston and other cities to understand how they perceived the city environment?
(a) Kevin Lynch.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Kingsley Davis.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What city is described with the Church initially a factor in its boundaries, though later Charlemagne grew the empire in "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?

3. What periodical first published "The Urban Revolution"?

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. In the Prologue, "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that how many selections are included in The City Reader?

Short Essay Questions

1. What vision is described in Ernest W. Burgess's "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project"?

2. When did Ernest W. Burgess describe the process of expansion through zones? Why did it occur?

3. What metaphor does Christopher Alexander make in "A City is Not a Tree"?

4. What does Richard LeGates discuss in terms of discipline within academia in the Introduction?

5. What environment does Engels describe in "The Great Towns"? Where does his analysis take place?

6. In Friedrich Engels' "The Great Towns," how does the author describe the other side of the river? What does he blame for the urban congestion?

7. What city does Pirenne discuss in "Cities and European Civilization"? How does he describe it?

8. What works of W.E.B. Dubois are in the collection? What does Dubois center on in his writing?

9. How many selections are in The City Reader? How were they chosen, according to Richard LeGates?

10. How does "The Urbanization of the Human Population" explain urbanization in relation to human development?

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