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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Housing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were some animals a pollutant problem as noted in the chapter "Air"?
(a) They had way too much carbon monoxide emissions.
(b) They got in the way of street cleaners.
(c) The made noise pollution within city limits.
(d) Their manure made an awful stench.

2. Providing the reader with a truer understanding of the late 1800s, Bettmann demonstrated:
(a) How the Civil War improved our economy.
(b) The large amounts of progress our civilization has made.
(c) How the days from the Civil War to WWI were key to the development of our nation.
(d) Why we should long for those simpler days.

3. What kind of problem did the El Train have initially?
(a) It was loud and poorly scheduled.
(b) It didn't accomodate enough people.
(c) It was unattractive.
(d) It didn't go where riders needed it to go.

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

5. According to Bettmann in "Housing," where did poorer residents end up who could not afford tenements?
(a) Boarding homes.
(b) Sleeping at railway stations.
(c) Homeless shelters.
(d) On the outskirts of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bettmann say street car riders in the late 1800s were encouraged to bring along on their ride?

2. In what year was the El Train introduced?

3. What was the name of the first vertical apartments?

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

5. Where were the first apartments constructed?

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