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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What periodical first published "The Urban Revolution"?
2. The author of "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" viewed the social growth and physical growth of a city as being what?
3. When was Friedrich Engels born?
4. What city does John Brinckerhoff Jackson describe in "The Almost Perfect Town"?
5. What conquistador wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards under Hernán Cortés?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does V. Gordon Childe's "The Urban Revolution" re-categorize history?
2. What is the subject of the essay "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety"? What assertions does the author claim?
3. How many selections are in The City Reader? How were they chosen, according to Richard LeGates?
4. How does H.D.F. Kitto define "polis" in "The Polis"?
5. 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?
6. What is Richard LeGates' purpose in the article "How to Study Cities"?
7. What essay is written by Kevin Lynch? What elements of cities does he introduce?
8. What are examples of "boundaries" as defined by Kevin Lynch? What are nodes?
9. What type of dwelling and community is described in "Levittown and America"? What does the author conclude?
10. What environment does Engels describe in "The Great Towns"? Where does his analysis take place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the Levittown depicted in "Levittown and America" and the vision of Saskia in "A New Geography of Centers and Margins: Summary and Implications." How do the authors differ in their theories?
Essay Topic 2
Identify and define the following terms: discipline, interdisciplinary, urban planning and research, and compartmentalization. How are each of these related in the Introduction and Prologue?
Essay Topic 3
Describe authors Lewis Mumford and Louis Wirth. What is Mumford's vision of the urban experience? How does this differ from Louis Wirth's?
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