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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did moneylenders charge in interest?
(a) 10-30%.
(b) 50-60%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 20-50%.

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

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

4. What was the direction of the wind during the famine's second year?
(a) East to west.
(b) North to south.
(c) Southeast to Northwest.
(d) Northeast to Southeast.

5. How long would the imported corn supply last?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 10 months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A "dip-at-the-stool" meal consisted of dipping potatoes into which liquid?

3. To whom did the Prime Minister go to for help?

4. What was not a typical cash crop for farmers?

5. What agreement officially joined the United Kingdom?

(see the answer key)

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