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

2. According to the book, which of the following was not imported or exported?

3. What was often cooked with cabbage leaves?

4. Who was responsible for setting up soup kitchens?

5. What was the primary source of income for most large farms?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Peel attempt to get the Corn Laws repealed?

2. Detail the events surrounding the arrest of Tom Flynn.

3. What was the Galway Act?

4. What was the basic form of the educational system for the farmers' children?

5. How did the British government slow the emigrations to Canada and America?

6. Define the class system of the Irish people. Include the occupations and locations of landowners.

7. What is an "American wake?"

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

9. Name at least two causes for the poverty in Ireland in the mid-1800s.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A great deal was written about the Irish unions and the way the handled the famine and ensuing devastation. Explain the concept of the union and what its actions were before, during and after the famine.

Essay Topic 2

The author notes that the Irish were by no means rich even before the famine hit. Explain how the Irish lived before the famine. Include religion, education, and social activities as well as work. Also list what a common meal might consist of at a typical Irish dinner table.

Essay Topic 3

Mass burial was a necessity during the height of the famine and the ensuing disaster. What caused so many of the people to die? How were the corpses handled? How does mass burial go against Irish tradition and religion? What else could have been done with the bodies? Why was lime used in the process?

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