Correct. The answer is a. Hanoch Bartov made the argument that instead of urban living, Americans chose to “get a piece of the desert, far from town,” where they could “grow grass, flowers, and trees, and build their dream house.” He also suggested that the reason Los Angeles had no public transportation was because everyone already had a car. He suggested that Americans’ love of cars led to the widely scattered layout of Los Angeles and other western cities.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Hanoch Bartov made the argument that instead of urban living, Americans chose to “get a piece of the desert, far from town,” where they could “grow grass, flowers, and trees and build their dream house.” He also suggested that the reason Los Angeles had no public transportation was because everyone already had a car. He suggested that Americans’ love of cars led to the widely scattered layout of Los Angeles and other western cities.

Correct. The answer is b. Bartov was Israeli, but a native-born New Yorker might have had just as much trouble adjusting to the car-centric culture of Los Angeles. Anyone who had come to Los Angeles from an older urban setting in the early 1960s—no matter their age or family composition—would have been struck by the city’s sprawl and unfriendliness to pedestrians.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Bartov was Israeli, but a native-born New Yorker might have had just as much trouble adjusting to the car-centric culture of Los Angeles. Anyone who had come to Los Angeles from an older urban setting in the early 1960s—no matter their age or family composition—would have been struck by the city’s sprawl and unfriendliness to pedestrians.