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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the primary source of income for most large farms?
(a) Grains.
(b) Corn.
(c) Dairy herds.
(d) Potatoes.

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

3. The author writes about which county?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Killarney.
(c) Kent.
(d) Cork.

4. British Corn Laws established corn as what item?
(a) Vegetable.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Protein.
(d) Grain.

5. In what year was the National School System established?
(a) 1814.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1831.

Short Answer Questions

1. What agreement officially joined the United Kingdom?

2. Which of the following was not a category listed for class status?

3. How many days per year did the average farmer work to pay the landlord?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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