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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was often referred to as the "gentleman who paid the rent?"
(a) Landlord.
(b) Pig.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Farm hand.

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

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

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

5. Where did many of the landlords live?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Britain.
(c) Wales.
(d) Dublin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary source of income for most large farms?

2. What was to blame for Ireland's poverty?

3. Which of the following was NOT blamed for the problem?

4. What ratio represents the number of the poverty-stricken Irish?

5. About one-third of the Irish held what occupation?

(see the answer key)

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