View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was considered to be a primary dietary staple?
(a) Flour.
(b) Corn.
(c) Potato.
(d) Sugar.

2. What was to blame for Ireland's poverty?
(a) Famine.
(b) Poor governance.
(c) Land system.
(d) High taxes.

3. Which of the following was not a category listed for class status?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Landowner.
(d) Serf.

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

5. The crops were plagued by what?
(a) Blight.
(b) Poachers.
(c) Heavy rains.
(d) Overexposure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would the imported corn supply last?

2. What/who did the workhouses support?

3. What is Pythopthora infestans?

4. The author writes about which county?

5. Which of the following was not listed as an occasion for farmers to travel away from the farm?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 149 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample