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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central argument about street names? Question 2 of 6What do elderly people still say when giving directions, according to the essay? Question 3 of 6What does "this is whom we remember now, and that is whom we've decided to forget" imply? Question 4 of 6What do the "two maps" of the city represent? Question 5 of 6Why does the author ask how many streets bear women's or poets' names? Question 6 of 6What "dangerous lesson" does the closing paragraph warn about? Vocabularyحَلَقَات جِذْعِهَاthe rings of its trunk
عَهْدera, reign
تَفْصِيلًا إِدَارِيًّاan administrative detail
إِعْلَانdeclaration
لَا يُطِيعُونَdon't obey
اللَّافِتَاتsigns
الذَّاكِرَة الْجَمَاعِيَّةcollective memory
تُهْمِلُneglects
يُرْضِيpleases
طِلَاءpaint, coating