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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not true of Rossa?
(a) Was elected to Parliament.
(b) Was arrested for treason.
(c) Founded a pro-nationalism movement.
(d) Became a United States Senator.

2. What word best describes the Irish in the workhouses?
(a) Indirect.
(b) Indigent.
(c) Interspersed.
(d) Indignant.

3. Even after the blight was over, many Irish continued to believe it was caused by which of the following?
(a) The British.
(b) Large farmers.
(c) God.
(d) Fairies.

4. Leaders of Young Ireland feared being sent to which of the following?
(a) Workhouses.
(b) Britain.
(c) Canada.
(d) Penal colonies.

5. Queen Victoria was purposely directed away from which of the following?
(a) Slums.
(b) Razed towns.
(c) Potato fields.
(d) Workhouses.

6. How many passengers were allowed aboard compared to the five ton limit according to the British?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

7. The Irish considered a wooden coffin to be the minimum requirement for the dead to maintain their:
(a) Reputations.
(b) Dignity.
(c) Pride.
(d) Souls.

8. Where did the Queen disembark in Ireland?
(a) Tipperary Harbor.
(b) Claire Harbor.
(c) Cork Harbor.
(d) Dublin Harbor.

9. One man was given a two month jail sentence for damaging what item?
(a) Walking stick.
(b) Wheelbarrow.
(c) Water supply.
(d) Trees.

10. What kind of floors were the passengers used to in their homes?
(a) Wood.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Thatch.

11. How many people survived the emigration?
(a) 60%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 40%.

12. Which was not among the membership of Young Ireland?
(a) Landlords.
(b) Pagans.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Merchants.

13. The famine caused which of the following to collapse?
(a) International relations.
(b) Government relief.
(c) Exports.
(d) Agriculture.

14. Corpses were routinely found by which of these groups?
(a) Priests.
(b) Shopkeepers.
(c) Magistrates.
(d) Farmers.

15. When did Ireland gain independence from Britain?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1908.

Short Answer Questions

1. The act required assistance from which segment of the population?

2. Which group was not influenced by the British government?

3. The Irish were told to move which item away from their doors?

4. When did the leaders arrive in the city?

5. What attacked the corpses out in the open?

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