If You Were to Draw a Map of the Town

question 1

Multiple Choice

If you were to draw a map of the town or city in which your college is located,

• A) you would make the streets intersect at sharp angles, rather than right angles.
• B) you would make the streets more curved than they really are.
• C) you would tend to make the streets intersect at 90° angles.
• D) you would show a blending of your college building and the surrounding region, even if the boundary is really quite clear-cut.

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