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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. Who rejects economic and social controls and see politics as the study of systematic power in "How to Study Urban Political Power"?
2. "Cities and Uneven Economic Development" compares the trade and manufacturing of midland England, for example, versus the financial functions of what major cities?
3. What kind of streets does the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual" argue have reduced urban overcrowding?
4. Who authored "The City as Image"?
5. What essay in the collection was written by Peter Hall?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Oscar Lewis write about in the anthology? What are his theories?
2. What picture of the urban poor is depicted in "The Black Underclass"?
3. What is detailed in "Broadacre City: A New Community Plan"?
4. What is discussed and proposed in "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual"?
5. What does Gerry Stoker write about "neo-pluralists"?
6. What did the authors of "Kinship and Community" find in interviews with the residents? What happened after they relocated?
7. What are Saskia Sassen's views on development? What article discusses this?
8. What is questioned in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?
9. What does Lewis Mumford write about urban development? Which article did he contribute?
10. What plans and theories are presented in "A Contemporary City"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the lives, careers, and theories of the authors of "The Almost Perfect Town," "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" and "The City Image and Its Elements." How do these authors' views differ on urban development?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss and describe John Mollenkopf and the theories and ideas presented in "How to Study Urban Political Power." What are the two groups of researchers described in the article?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the traditional ages in comparison with V. Gordon Childe's distinctions of historical eras. How does Childe's view differ?
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