Reading Questions Week 3

Reading Questions

Week 3

Please hand in by Saturday January 29th at midnight to D2L.

Please answer the following questions with at least 3-4 sentences. Please give concrete examples from the text (and map.) All questions are worth 5 ponts except when marked. Total points – 35. 

Mercier, Les Tableaux de Paris

  1. What do you think makes a city? (this is not from the reading – just your opinion at this point.
  2. Why does Mercier think one can do nothing well if one has not breathed the air of Paris?
  3. How does Mercier describe the pedestrian? Did people walk in Paris? Who? 
  4. What impression does Mercier give us about the infrastructure of Paris? (Lights, sewers etc.)

 

 

Turgot Map http://www.fnau.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/turgot.pdf

  1. What is your overall impression of 18th century Paris?
  2. Do you recognize anything on the map? Find Notre Dame! (0 points!!)
  3. What do you see the role the river plays in the city in the 18th century? Give some examples from the map
  4. How big is the urban area of Paris in your estimation??(Where there are buildings, not field. 

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