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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2: Of the Street-Jews.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had one crossing sweep worked at until he was injured at age 36?
(a) A ostler.
(b) A bricklayer.
(c) A painter.
(d) A carpenter.

2. How did servants sometimes augment their pay without owner's permission?
(a) They did not dare augment their pay or they'd lose their job.
(b) Bring home customers to cut their hair or shave.
(c) Selling off older or little-used clothing of their employers.
(d) Sell off leftover food items.

3. What was another name for a patterer?
(a) Montebank.
(b) Speakeasy.
(c) Riggers.
(d) Con artist.

4. What happened to the man after he was injured?
(a) He dragged one leg.
(b) One arm was was amputated.
(c) One leg was amputated.
(d) He was almost blind.

5. What type of gambling was most popular with costers?
(a) Playing cards or pitching pennies.
(b) Betting on dog fights.
(c) Playing chess for money.
(d) Betting on the horse races.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a huckster who sold hardware at a fair called?

2. What does Mayhew seem to believe about certain occupations?

3. What did one Jewish trader claim to have purchased?

4. What was the most common tasks for which costers used math?

5. How did the renters of low lodging houses eat?

(see the answer key)

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