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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was their a financial crisis in the 19th century that caused landlords to subdivide properties to make room for more renters?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1869.

2. Where did Desmond present a paper titled "Exploiting the Inner City" (43)?
(a) The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
(b) Harvard's Kennedy School of Business.
(c) Wharton School.
(d) The Booth School of Business.

3. When did English writer Daniel Defoe publish a pamphlet arguing that the poor would not work for wages if they were given alms?
(a) 1711.
(b) 1704.
(c) 1706.
(d) 1728.

4. At the time Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many amputation occurred weekly in America's meatpacking plants?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. What church did Desmond's father pastor?
(a) First Baptist Church.
(b) First Christian Church.
(c) First United Methodist.
(d) Church of Christ.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2020, what was the maximum amount one could receive if they claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit?

2. In 2020, how much money did states have in their possession of unspent welfare funds?

3. According to the Government Accountabilty Office, how many American workers relied on Medicaid for health insurance?

4. What author is quoted in the epigraph?

5. Who wrote that the history of the world was "who gets eaten and who gets to eat" (42)?

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