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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 did some people who was physically and mentally able to work do?
(a) No work.
(b) Take care of others but not themselves.
(c) Give to those less fortunate.
(d) Answer to a higher calling.

2. Who did not usually bother to wash up even before eating or sleeping?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Ragmen.
(c) Chimney sweeps.
(d) Mudlarks.

3. What did cab drivers sometimes do that was illegal?
(a) Started the meter halfway through the trip and pocket the difference.
(b) Employed unlicensed cab drivers for a portion of the day.
(c) Charged more than allowed by regulation.
(d) Started the meter on the way to pick someone up.

4. What were most common in Whitechapel, Shadwell, Spitalfields?
(a) Efficient police keeping prostitution at bay.
(b) Large tent meetings.
(c) Brothels.
(d) Good Christian men and women working against prostitution and pornography.

5. What did Hemyng call a soldier who was supported by a wealthy woman?
(a) A pariah.
(b) A gigolo.
(c) A fool.
(d) A male prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the street people of London in the 1800s conduct their trade?

3. How did most street folk learn their trade?

4. What were the street folk families like?

5. What had recently become illegal in London?

(see the answer key)

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