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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, The Jews.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which ethnic group got along best with the Indians?
(a) British.
(b) Celtic Irish.
(c) Germans.
(d) Scotch-Irish.

2. What language did German Jews speak?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) Hebrew.

3. In what field did the Irish immigrants to America achieve their first successes?
(a) Politics.
(b) Science.
(c) The arts.
(d) Cuisine.

4. What was a "Hessian"?
(a) German soldiers recruited to fight in the Revolutionary War.
(b) German pacifists.
(c) German government officials.
(d) German communitarians.

5. Where did most American Jews originate?
(a) Eastern Europe.
(b) Israel.
(c) Turkey.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of arrests in New York City during the 1850s were made of drunk and disorderly Irishmen?

2. How did the system of tenant farming undermine Irish initiative?

3. Which group represents the most dramatic example of upward mobility among immigrants?

4. What advantages did early Irish immigrants have over others?

5. What percentage of the population is the largest single ethnic group?

(see the answer key)

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