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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the hike in evictions?
(a) Higher taxes.
(b) Landlord incentives.
(c) Free passage to America.
(d) Galway Act.

2. In which month was the report released?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) December.

3. Where did the arrest take place?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Kilkenny.
(c) Claire.
(d) Waterford.

4. How did the potato crops fare?
(a) They flourished.
(b) They struggled.
(c) They produced small amounts.
(d) They died.

5. What type of food was stolen from an untended pot?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Mutton.
(d) Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the harvest was lost in 1846?

2. Where did the cause of the blight most likely come from?

3. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:

4. How many people did a landlord evict in one night?

5. The Irish considered a wooden coffin to be the minimum requirement for the dead to maintain their:

(see the answer key)

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