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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many passengers were allowed aboard compared to the five ton limit according to the British?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

2. Who suggested that Queen Victoria go to Ireland?
(a) Sir Charles Trevelyan.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Former Prime Minister Peel.
(d) Lord Clarendon.

3. Why did the wealthy Irish want large tracts of land?
(a) To keep Britain out of Ireland.
(b) To expand dairy herds.
(c) To increase cash crops.
(d) To develop new housing.

4. When was the Rate-in-Aid Act passed?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1848.

5. Leaders of Young Ireland feared being sent to which of the following?
(a) Workhouses.
(b) Canada.
(c) Britain.
(d) Penal colonies.

6. Which of the following most embarrassed the British government?
(a) Number of dying emigrants.
(b) Continued destruction of crops.
(c) Inability to control Ireland.
(d) Juvenile inmates.

7. Which of the following is not true of Rossa?
(a) Founded a pro-nationalism movement.
(b) Became a United States Senator.
(c) Was arrested for treason.
(d) Was elected to Parliament.

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

9. Other diseases were carried by which insect/animal?
(a) Flies.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Howler monkeys.
(d) Dogs.

10. What was commonly added to the water barrels?
(a) Vinegar.
(b) Iodine.
(c) Lye.
(d) Salt.

11. Which of the following is not listed as a cause of death?
(a) Dehydration.
(b) Arrhythmia.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Hypothermia.

12. The act required assistance from which segment of the population?
(a) Prosperous.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Landlords.
(d) Merchants.

13. Which was not among the membership of Young Ireland?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Pagans.
(d) Landlords.

14. How were some landlords punished?
(a) Starved.
(b) Lynched.
(c) Whipped.
(d) Drowned.

15. Where did the Queen disembark in Ireland?
(a) Tipperary Harbor.
(b) Claire Harbor.
(c) Dublin Harbor.
(d) Cork Harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the Irish in the workhouses?

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

3. How many leaders of Young Ireland were arrested?

4. When did the Illustrated News report on the famine?

5. The leaders from Young Ireland went to which city?

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