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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. During which month was the first crop harvested?
(a) May.
(b) December.
(c) October.
(d) June.

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

5. In what year was the Poor Law Act established?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1838.
(d) 1842.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had the highest status at the time?

2. The author writes about which county?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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