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INTRO TO THE CITY
CHAPTER 6
SAMPLE TEST

Chapter 6 Exam  Questions

1.         The image of a city, as defined by Kevin Lynch, is the

            a.  slogan or catch phrase associated with the city

            b.  attitude which residents of the city have

            c.  generalized mental picture of the city’s external physical world

            d.  historical character of the city

2.         People form images of cities by

            a.  distinguishing between physical locations in the city

            b.  talking the others about what are the important landmarks

            c.  organizing the physical locations in a meaningful way

            d.  both a. and c.

3.         The five common elements in urban images according to Lynch are

            a.  districts, landmarks, nodes, paths, and skylines

            b.  areas, districts, landmarks, nodes, and paths

            c.  areas, districts, edges, landmarks, and paths

            d.  districts, edges, landmarks, nodes, and paths

4.         Stanley Milgram listed all of the following items as having an impact on how people draw their mental maps of a city except

            a.  personal experience

            b.  discussions with others

            c.  interests

            d.  socially recognized “important areas” of the city

5.         Pedestrian traffic in the U.S. is characterized by all of the following except

            a.  people walk blindly into traffic

            b.  people scold one another for breaking the social rules

            c.  people note the speed at which others are walking

            d.  people alert others of their location to avoid collisions

6.         An urban network is

            a.  NBC

            b.  the collected mental maps of a group

            c.  interpersonal ties

            d.  a means of identifying with the city

7.         Elizabeth Bott found that working class spouses

            a.  had a joint marriage network while middle-class spouses had a segregated one

            b.  had a segregated marriage network while middle-class spouses had a joint one

            c.  and middle-class spouses had joint marriage networks but wealthy spouses had segregated ones

            d.  and middle-class spouses had segregated marriage networks but wealthy spouses had joint ones

8.         Identifying with the city is aided by

            a.  sports teams

            b.  festivals

            c.  negative historical events

            d.  all of the above help residents to identify with the city

9.         Gerald Suttles argues that the images which people have about cities are

            a.  stereotypical

            b.  objective reality

            c.  overwhelmingly negative

            d.  one individual’s impression

10.       Most urban poor try to cope with the harsh realities of life through

            a.  prayer

            b.  retreating into complete isolation

            c.  forming social networks

            d.  none of the above

11.       Virginia Schein’s single mothers on public assistance all

            a.  were lazy

            b.  had extensive family support

            c.  were working or had some work experience

            d.  only b. and c.

12.       Carol Stack found in her study of poor African Americans that they

            a.  created social networks to socialize

            b.  punished those who refused to reciprocate in the mutual aid network

            c.  refused assistance when offered to them

            d.  became heavily indebted

13.       We make sense of the city by responding to its

            a.  physical form

            b.  gesellschaft characteristics

            c.  gemeinschaft characteristics

            d.  all of the above

14.       We respond to the city

            a.  in our own unique way

b.  using common strategies

            c.  based on our social characteristics

            d.  all of the above

TRUE/FALSE

1.         Georg Simmel argued that the city stimulates us via its concentration of the human experience in to a small place.

2.         Some cities have more sharply defined images in the minds of their residents than other cities do.

3.          Milgram found that each person’s mental image of a city is stagnant.

4.              The physical layout of the city uniquely determines how we view a city.

5.         It is difficult to catch a cab in Ho Chi Minh City.

6.         People stereotype strangers based on their spatial location.

7.    Appearances are not as important as they used to be in classifying strangers.

8.         By changing how we act and dress, we can convey a different impression to others.

9.         Race plays a part in how residents view a city.

10.       Eliot Liebow’s street=corner men assisted each other in finding work.

11.    “Alcoholics Anonymous” is an example of a temporary network.

12.    Technology severs physical ties with communities but allows us to maintain relationships in spite of distance.

13.       Herbert Gans found that Boston’s West End was a chaotic slum.

14.       People identify with their cities based on both personal and shared experiences and events.

15.      The image most people have of Detroit reflects the current reality.

Answers

Chapter 6

1. c
2. d
3. d
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. b
8. d
9. b
10. c
11. c
12. b
13. d
14. d

true/false

1. t
2. t
3. f
4. f
5. f
6. t
7. t
8. t
9. t
10. f
11. t
12. t
13. f
14. t
15. f