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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 4: Those That Will Not Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mayhew say the Jewish traders seldom were?
(a) Penurious.
(b) Kind.
(c) Drinkers or gamblers.
(d) Generous.

2. How did she pay for her desires?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Running a brothel on the side.
(c) Working hard and not turning to the streets.
(d) Sending her younger sister to the steets.

3. How many were employed as domestic servants?
(a) 12,000.
(b) About 1 million.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 200,000.

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

5. To what does Nemyng attribute the spread of vice in Europe?
(a) He has no idea what is the cause.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The establishment of so many splinter groups from the Catholic church.
(d) The advent of new social mores among the young.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the crossing sweep who Mayhew interviewed work at before finding an open intersection?

2. What was a job of last resort?

3. For how long had the clown worked in that capacity?

4. What kind of selling required the most capital and equipment?

5. How are Irish families described by Mayhew?

(see the answer key)

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