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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. Why was American farming foreign to the Irish immigrants?
(a) It required isolation.
(b) It required larger tracts of land.
(c) It required different crops.
(d) It required long work days.

2. How much of the arable land in Ireland was used for growing potatoes before the famine?
(a) One-fourth.
(b) One-sixth.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-tenth.

3. What is the "ghetto crouch?"
(a) A passive response to bullying.
(b) A refusal to respond to bullying.
(c) A violent response to bullying.
(d) A proactive response to bullying.

4. At the turn of the century, what was the population density of the lower East Side in New York?
(a) One hundred people per acre.
(b) Two hundred people per acre.
(c) Seven hundred people per acre.
(d) Five hundred people per acre.

5. What is the "diaspora"?
(a) The dispersion of the Jews throughout the world.
(b) The discrimination against Jews.
(c) The immigration of the Jews to the United States.
(d) The gathering of the Jews to the new nation of Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage did European Jewish immigrants have in arriving in the United States?

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

3. What was the average life expectancy of an Irish immigrant in the 19th century?

4. Which ethnic group has the highest fertility rates?

5. How did Europeans treat Jews as they became the only non-Christians on the continent?

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