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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:
(a) Fungus.
(b) Bad luck.
(c) Dry rot.
(d) Punishment from God.

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

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

4. How many inhabitants were in Ireland at this time?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 6 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 4.5 million.

5. What was considered to be a primary dietary staple?
(a) Flour.
(b) Potato.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What agreement officially joined the United Kingdom?

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

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

4. Which of the following was not listed as an occasion for farmers to travel away from the farm?

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

(see the answer key)

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