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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
- What do you think makes a city? (this is not from the reading – just your opinion at this point.
- Why does Mercier think one can do nothing well if one has not breathed the air of Paris?
- How does Mercier describe the pedestrian? Did people walk in Paris? Who?
- 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
- What is your overall impression of 18th century Paris?
- Do you recognize anything on the map? Find Notre Dame! (0 points!!)
- What do you see the role the river plays in the city in the 18th century? Give some examples from the map
- How big is the urban area of Paris in your estimation??(Where there are buildings, not field.
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