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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Trevelyan approve an act to provide supplementary food?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1847.

2. The imported corn could feed how many people?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 250,000.

3. How fast did the blight travel across Ireland?
(a) 50 mph.
(b) 40 mph.
(c) 100 mph.
(d) 60 mph.

4. How much of the harvest was lost in 1846?
(a) 3/5.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 3/4.

5. Trevelyan closed the kitchens after seeing proof of which of the following?
(a) Abundant grain crops.
(b) Irish selling food on the black market.
(c) Stabilization in the food markets.
(d) Absence of blight.

Short Answer Questions

1. The crops were plagued by what?

2. Farmers were given specific instructions on how to do which of the following:

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

4. What was the direction of the wind during the famine's second year?

5. Who was responsible for setting up soup kitchens?

(see the answer key)

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