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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was not recommended for preventing disease?
(a) Whitewash your house.
(b) Disinfect utensils.
(c) Bathe often.
(d) Wear clean clothes.

2. Which government program/act was terminated?
(a) Department of Welfare.
(b) Public Works Administration.
(c) Penal Laws.
(d) Corn Laws.

3. Who did not pay for the upkeep on the workhouses?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Landlords.
(c) Large farmers.
(d) Middling farmers.

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

5. What was the young man's offense?
(a) Poaching.
(b) Lying.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Stealing potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those evicting tenants often arriving carrying which item?

2. Which item was chained to the table at the kitchen?

3. Which of the following is not listed as a cause of death?

4. The famine caused which of the following to collapse?

5. To which city was the Illustrated News related?

(see the answer key)

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