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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT blamed for the problem?
(a) Landlords.
(b) Weather.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Satan.

2. In what year did the famine strike?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1849.

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

4. Which month was plagued by heavy rains?
(a) May.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) July.

5. What ratio represents the number of the poverty-stricken Irish?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 5/7.
(d) 3/8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did not pay for the upkeep on the workhouses?

2. How many inhabitants were in Ireland at this time?

3. Most of Ireland's economy was based on what?

4. During which month was the second crop harvested?

5. What agreement officially joined the United Kingdom?

(see the answer key)

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