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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Trevelyan decided that the Irish could be saved via which food?
(a) Soup.
(b) Rye.
(c) Bread.
(d) Millet.

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

3. In what year was the Poor Law Act established?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1838.
(d) 1842.

4. What was to blame for Ireland's poverty?
(a) High taxes.
(b) Land system.
(c) Poor governance.
(d) Famine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of Ireland's economy was based on what?

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

3. What often happened to people not accepted in the workhouses?

4. Which month was plagued by heavy rains?

5. Who was often referred to as the "gentleman who paid the rent?"

(see the answer key)

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