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INTRO TO THE CITY
CHAPTER 14
SAMPLE TEST
Chapter
14 Exam Questions
a.
opportunity
b.
entertainment
c.
sense of freedom
d.
diversity
2. Early planning
efforts were directed at all of the following except
a.
to glorify those in power
b.
to conserve natural resources
c.
reflect cultural values
d.
to solve specific problems
3. City planning in the
industrial era was driven primarily by
a.
profit
b.
tradition
c.
politics
d.
a concern for the masses
4. Alice Constance
Austin wanted new towns based on
a.
large open spaces with parks and playgrounds
b.
conservation of land with tall skyscrapers
c.
communal living with kitchenless houses
d.
all of the above
5. New Towns have been
criticized for being
a.
too small
b.
too low density
c.
inflexible
d.
all of the above
6. Government planning of new towns is absent for the
most part in
a.
Britain
b.
United States
c.
France
D.
Brazil
7. The new town in the
United States which has been most successful in creating racial and social class
integration is
a.
Reston, Virginia
b.
Radburn, New Jersey
c.
Columbia, Maryland
d.
Irvine, California
8. Celebration, Florida, is notable for
a.
its city plan which calls for homes to re-create the atmosphere of the
pre-World War II small town
b.
a mixture of both expensive and low-cost housing
c.
a model school given a financial boost from the Walt Disney Company
d.
all of the above
9. The utopic planner
most associated with “arcologies” is
a.
Howard
b.
Le Corbusier
c.
Soleri
d.
Wright
10. In Frank Lloyd Wright’s ideal
world,
a.
people would pay no rent
b.
virtually equal densities would be found throughout the city
c.
cars would be abolished
d.
a minimum of land would be used
11. The utopian visionaries all share
all of the following features except
a.
high population densities
b.
financial impracticality
c.
sociological naiveté
d.
rigidity in their visions
12. Heckscher emphasizes which of the
following as being important to urban life?
a.
squares
b.
artwork
c.
architecture
d.
all of the above
13. Portland is notable for
a.
being the only U.S. city with an
extinct volcano
b.
having the world’s smallest park
c.
having the largest number of microbreweries of any U.S. city
d.
all of the above
14. All of the following are true
about city planning except
a.
changing a city’s physical form does not automatically reshape social
life
b.
planners should be allowed to control all aspects of how cities are built
c.
planning always takes place within a framework of economic and political
realities
d.
the goals of the planning experiments of the last century have not been
met
TRUE/FALSE
1. Ebenezer Howard sought a marriage of town and country.
2. Urban planning began with Ebenezer Howard.
3. Early British new towns were anti-growth.
4. French new towns were designed as “bedroom communities.”
5. In Canberra, Australia, all businesses are centrally located for reasons of transportation efficiency.
6. Brasilia is a model city in Latin America.
7. The largest planned community in North America is Irvine.
8. New towns in the United States have generally become bedroom communities.
9. Le Corbusier sought to build tall skyscrapers surrounded by huge open spaces.
10. Soleri continued to develop Wright’s Broadacre City utopia,
11. Jane Jacobs argues for large-scale citywide planning to improve a city’s diversity.
12. Heckscher argues that spatial organization of cities reflects deep cultural values.
13. Portland’s strategic plan emphasizes the importance of the automobile.
14. Portland’s retail outlets are restricted in size and parking spaces to encourage use of mass transit.
Answer of the Chapter 14 Exam questions:
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. d
6. b
7. c
8. d
9. c
10. a
11. a
12. d
13. d
14. b
Answer of True/False:
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. F
6. F
7. T
8. T
9. T
10. F
11. F
12. T
13. F
14. T