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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Leisure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The air quality in homes was dangerous in the late 1800s because of:
(a) The smog would get trapped inside.
(b) Sewer gas from primitive drainage systems.
(c) Animals that were kept indoors.
(d) High temperatures from the heat outside.

2. What was a major contributor to the contamination and disease in the wells in the late 19th century?
(a) Drainage from the outhouse.
(b) Food left out.
(c) Misunderstanding of germs.
(d) Typhoid epidemic.

3. What was blamed for the cholera epidemic in 1832?
(a) Unsanitary restaurants.
(b) Tainted Meat.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Unclean water.

4. What was "swill" milk?
(a) Milk from goats.
(b) Milk from cows that were fed waste.
(c) Milk that had gone bad.
(d) Milk that was used for medicinal purposes.

5. What was one problem with the police in the post Civil War era?
(a) They were too few in number.
(b) They had no uniforms.
(c) They routinely ignored calls for help.
(d) The were poorly trained.

Short Answer Questions

1. Surprisingly, who usually had no knowledge of health or medicine in the late 19th century?

2. How was meat transported in the late 1800s?

3. What was one initial problem with the electric trolley car?

4. According to Bettmann in "Leisure," why did most people fear the city parks?

5. How did parents in the late 1800s react to teachers using necessary classroom discipline?

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