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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Traffic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Author Otto Bettman wished to shatter the misconceptions of the late 19th century by:
(a) Demonstrating what life was really like for average people.
(b) Reporting how the nineteenth century immigrants flourished in the New World.
(c) Reporting how glorious life in the late nineteenth century really was.
(d) Describing the westward movement.

2. Besides the lung irritation, vomiting, and sickness, what other ailment was common to those exposed to air pollution in the late 1800s?
(a) Ulcers.
(b) Severe cough.
(c) Depression.
(d) Migranes.

3. In what year was the electric trolley car introduced?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1868.

4. In the time after the Civil War, humans generated an amazing amount of:
(a) Offspring.
(b) Ingenuity.
(c) Textiles.
(d) Trash.

5. What percentage of a working man's income did streetcar fares account for?
(a) Two percent.
(b) Twenty percent.
(c) Ten percent.
(d) Five percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wind as well as the heat of summer exacerbated what problem in the large cities after the Civil War?

2. What was the fare for the electric trolley car in the late 1800s?

3. In the time after the Civil War, air pollution was:

4. In large cities in the late 1800s, what animals created massive amounts of pollution problems?

5. In "Air," what was a common misconception about air pollution?

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