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

2. How did the police sometimes help crossing sweeps?
(a) They looked down upon the crossing sweeps and would not help them.
(b) By protecting their territory for them.
(c) By finding them odd jobs.
(d) By recommending them for better jobs.

3. What happened to the young girl lured from home?
(a) She quickly died of veneral disease.
(b) She managed to escape and seeks refuge in a church.
(c) She was never heard from again.
(d) She encountered Hemyng who rescues her.

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

5. How does Mayhew describe the Punch and Judy show?
(a) As a sentimental, comic, tragic two-act play.
(b) As a farcical tragedy.
(c) As a serious morals tale.
(d) He does not give it a description.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who often undersold Jewish traders?

2. What does the author say beggars often spent considerable amounts of money buying?

3. What did some of the boys do to earn tips while serving as crossing sweeps?

4. On the average, how many tracts did each person accept when they were being handed out?

5. How were street folk different from patterers?

(see the answer key)

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