Daily Quiz

Question 1:

The author indicates that the primary goal of the Plan’s creators was to:

Question 2:

The passage suggests that the authors of the Plan regarded inadequate housing as:

Question 3:

In the last paragraph, the author praises the Plan because it suggests that:

A. Chicago holds a special role among American urban regions.
B. urban planners should concentrate on the most practical means of revitalizing cities.
C. politicians often let their ideal conception of a city prevent them from making necessary practical reforms.
D. people are not at the mercy of their environments and can alter them for the better.

Question 4:

Based on the description in paragraph 5 (lines 76-101), the Plan can best be characterized as:

Question 5:

According to the author, the creators of the Plan viewed the beautification of unattractive cityscapes as:

Question 6:

Which of the following best describes the way the second paragraph (lines 13-34) functions in the passage as a whole?

A. It provides background information that explains why the Plan was necessary.
B. It describes the reasons for Chicago’s extraordinary rise during the 19th century.
C. It discusses some common effects of explosive population growth.
D. It explains how the population of Chicago grew as large as that of New York.

Question 7:

As it is used in paragraph 3, the word “redeemed” (line 48) most nearly means:

Question 8:

Information in the passage implies that reform groups and business leaders:

Question 9:

The line that best supports the answer to Question 8 is:

A. “Arguably the most influential document in American city planning history, the Plan states that inefficient, unsightly, and unhealthy American cityscape can and must be redeemed.” (lines 42-48)
B. “The exposition inspired Chicagoans to rethink their city on the elegant model of the transitory one within the fair’s gates” (lines 71-75)
C. “Dirt, noise, and squalor are far more costly than any attempt to banish them” (lines 105-108)
D. “Preoccupied with the efficient movement of traffic and goods and the city’s physical appeal, the published Plan pays limited attention to social services, housing, and the quality of neighborhood street life” (lines 120-127)

Question 10:

It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that the Commercial Club needed Daniel H. Burnham to turn the Plan into reality because:

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