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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What job would be likely for one of the workers?

3. In an effort to survive, some people abandoned which way of life?

4. British Corn Laws established corn as what item?

5. What/who did the workhouses support?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain a typical eviction day.

2. Name some of the things the emigrants took with them to America.

3. What was the church's opinion on stealing food?

4. How did merchants and moneylenders take advantage of the situation?

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

6. Who else had been influenced by the British government?

7. Name at least one benefit for the landlord that evicted tenants.

8. Given an example of the lengths the Irish were willing to go to feed their families.

9. What was the emigration rate from the time of the famine onward?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Detail the primary and secondary sources for Irish farmers, including how the various products were created, handled, and sold or consumed. Which source brought in the most money? Explain how a farmer might be able to recover from the famine by using other crops in the years following the famine.

Essay Topic 2

Powerlessness is a major theme in the book. Write a 1000 word essay about powerlessness and how it relates to the farmers, tenants, crops, politics and emigration.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Prime Ministers Peel and Russell. Be sure to include each man's government status and works in and out of Britain. Also note what each did or did not do to help the Irish.

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