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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of arrests in New York City during the 1850s were made of drunk and disorderly Irishmen?
(a) Fifty percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Thirty percent.
(d) Twenty percent.

2. How did German Jews regard themselves?
(a) Jews from Germany.
(b) Jewish Americans.
(c) Hebrews from Europe.
(d) Germans of the Hebrew faith.

3. What advantage did European Jewish immigrants have in arriving in the United States?
(a) They were already accustomed to a rural environment.
(b) They already spoke English.
(c) They were already urbanized.
(d) They were already skilled farmers.

4. What was the "Pale"?
(a) The area where Russian Jews went for recreation.
(b) The area where Russian Jews were imprisoned.
(c) The area where Russian Jews were not allowed to live.
(d) The area where Russian Jews were allowed to live.

5. What was the primary loyalty of southern Italians in the 20th century?
(a) Country.
(b) The church.
(c) Personal morality.
(d) The family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "diaspora"?

2. Where do most people of Irish ancestry live?

3. Why did farmers in southern Italy live on hillsides?

4. What educational reform did Germans propose and support?

5. The "penal laws" imposed by the British on the Irish were intended to keep the Irish in what situation?

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