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Quiz for Primary Source 22.2: Apartment Living in Paris

Question

1. Based on the drawing, which floor of the apartment building was most desirable?

The second floor

The top floor

The basement

The first floor

Correct. The answer is a. Starting with the second floor (the first floor served as a living quarters), the higher one went, the lower one’s status and income.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Starting with the second floor (the first floor served as a living quarters), the higher one went, the lower one’s status and income.

Question

2. Based on the drawing, which of these was true of nineteenth-century European apartment buildings?

They generally included modern heating and plumbing.

They were built according to standardized plans, with identical apartments on every floor.

Individual buildings were inhabited by people of many different social classes.

They were reserved for the very poor.

Correct. The answer is c. Unlike American apartment buildings, which generally housed people of a single class, the drawing suggests that people of many different classes occupied a single building, with the classes segregated by floor.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Unlike American apartment buildings, which generally housed people of a single class, the drawing suggests that people of many different classes occupied a single building, with the classes segregated by floor.