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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What agreement officially joined the United Kingdom?
(a) Treaty of London.
(b) Magna Carta.
(c) Irish Penal Law.
(d) Act of Union.

2. At what location did laborers gather to complain about lack of wages?
(a) Skibberdeen.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Galway.
(d) Innisbrook.

3. According to the book, which of the following was not imported or exported?
(a) Water.
(b) Grain.
(c) Livestock.
(d) Corn.

4. By August, the kitchens were feeding how many people per day?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 450,000.

5. Who did not pay for the upkeep on the workhouses?
(a) Middling farmers.
(b) Large farmers.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Landlords.

Short Answer Questions

1. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:

2. In what year was the National School System established?

3. What was considered to be a primary dietary staple?

4. The imported corn could feed how many people?

5. Where did the cause of the blight most likely come from?

(see the answer key)

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