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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What system was designed to help workers earn money?
(a) Industrial Labor.
(b) Public Works.
(c) Day Labor Camps.
(d) Welfare.

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

4. What item was used to protect the crop after harvest?
(a) Pesticide.
(b) Water.
(c) Ice.
(d) Clay.

5. Which item was chained to the table at the kitchen?
(a) Plates.
(b) Knives.
(c) Spoons.
(d) Serving dishes.

6. Most of Ireland's economy was based on what?
(a) Breweries.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Tourism.
(d) Agriculture.

7. What was the new Prime Minister's royal title?
(a) Lord.
(b) Prince.
(c) Baron.
(d) Duke.

8. The Prime Minister set up what kind of committee as a result of the famine?
(a) Agricultural.
(b) Political.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Criminal investigation.

9. What/who did the workhouses support?
(a) Potato crops.
(b) Destitute people.
(c) Farm laborers.
(d) Women and children.

10. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:
(a) Fungus.
(b) Punishment from God.
(c) Dry rot.
(d) Bad luck.

11. What kind of container was used to transport the harvested crops?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Wicker.
(c) Wood.
(d) Metal.

12. At what location did laborers gather to complain about lack of wages?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Galway.
(c) Innisbrook.
(d) Skibberdeen.

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

14. Which of the following was not a category listed for class status?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Serf.
(d) Landowner.

15. Who was hit the hardest by the famine?
(a) Landlords.
(b) Children.
(c) Tenants.
(d) Laborers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was often cooked with cabbage leaves?

2. Where did many of the landlords live?

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

4. Where was the crop stored?

5. What group was the most helpful in supplying aid to the starving Irish?

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