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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What/who did the workhouses support?
(a) Destitute people.
(b) Women and children.
(c) Farm laborers.
(d) Potato crops.

2. How many acres were planted?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 150 thousand.
(d) 100 thousand.

3. Which of the following was not listed as an occasion for farmers to travel away from the farm?
(a) Going to the doctor.
(b) Going to the market.
(c) Attending weddings.
(d) Going to mass.

4. What material was used to construct the walls of the cabins?
(a) Clay.
(b) Thatch.
(c) Logs.
(d) Stone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item was used to protect the crop after harvest?

2. In 1690, Protestant King William of Orange defeated the Irish at which river?

3. What was not a typical cash crop for farmers?

4. How often did farmers pay the rent?

5. What was considered to be a primary dietary staple?

(see the answer key)

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