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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What agreement officially joined the United Kingdom?
(a) Treaty of London.
(b) Act of Union.
(c) Magna Carta.
(d) Irish Penal Law.

2. Men often walked many miles to find what object?
(a) Pesticides.
(b) Corn.
(c) Cow.
(d) Bread.

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

4. What was the farmer's secondary crop?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Barley.
(d) Corn.

5. How much did moneylenders charge in interest?
(a) 50-60%.
(b) 10-30%.
(c) 20-50%.
(d) 75%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was responsible for setting up soup kitchens?

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

3. What item was used to protect the crop after harvest?

4. By August, the kitchens were feeding how many people per day?

5. What was to blame for Ireland's poverty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are cash crops? Why were they important to the farmer?

2. Who was most affected by the British tax hikes and lack of assistance?

3. How much time did the farmers spend working to pay the landlords?

4. Landlords soon found there was a cheaper and easier way to deal with evicted tenants. What was it?

5. What was the Rate-in-Aid Act and when was it passed by Parliament?

6. The Scientific Commission made several erroneous findings regarding the blight. What were they?

7. How did farmers protect their crops from theft?

8. According to the farmers, what was the cause of the damage to the potatoes?

9. What was one of the biggest benefits of the soup kitchens?

10. Why was the summer of 1845 considered to be particularly fickle?

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