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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 group does Mayhew include among street folk that seems out of place?
(a) Dentists.
(b) Drivers of horse-drawn omnibuses.
(c) Physicians.
(d) Bakers.

2. What motivated the clown to continue working?
(a) His wife and children.
(b) He likes the work if it wasn't for the lack of prestige.
(c) His fear of failure.
(d) He will be arrested for breaking a contract.

3. Into what kind of fund did residents of better lodging houses pay?
(a) Newspaper funds.
(b) General maintenance funds.
(c) Medical care funds.
(d) Entertainment funds.

4. What does Mayhew say is difficult or impossible?
(a) To catalogue all the various ways to earn a living.
(b) To catalogue all the various ways to turn criminal.
(c) To write a book that is fair to those who are morally defective.
(d) To write a book that fails to cover the morally deficient.

5. Who were the forerunners to doormen?
(a) No job mentioned in this book.
(b) Mudlarks.
(c) Crossing sweeps hired to open the door to an establishment.
(d) Costermongers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men were employed in Great Britain at the time of the writing of this book?

3. What were the low end lodging houses like?

4. How many visits per day did each missionary make on average?

5. How does Mayhew describe the Punch and Judy show?

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