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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. How many men were employed in Great Britain at the time of the writing of this book?
(a) About 500,000.
(b) About 8 million.
(c) About 1.2 million.
(d) About 5.25 million.

2. What would the street clown prefer to do than being a clown?
(a) A groom or police officer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A dock worker.
(d) A musician.

3. In whom does Mayhew say this moral defect is present?
(a) Mentally slow individuals.
(b) Vagrants, vagabonds and criminals.
(c) Those not raised in a good home.
(d) He does not specify.

4. What is another thing the London City Mission did?
(a) Watched that people were not taxed unfairly.
(b) Told the police when there was crime in an area.
(c) Encouraged residents to attend church.
(d) Helped pregnant, unwed women.

5. Who looked down upon chimney sweepers?
(a) The mudlarks.
(b) Everyone.
(c) The other chimney sweepers.
(d) Costermongers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many were employed as domestic servants?

2. What did dustmen do?

3. Who is the author of the section on Suppression of Vice and Crime?

4. What could the interest rate on stock reach?

5. What did the casual ward provide?

(see the answer key)

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