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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Traffic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Traffic in the large American cities in the late 1800s was:
(a) Easy.
(b) Light.
(c) Not too bad if you had a map.
(d) Horrendous.

2. Why, does Bettmann explain, were pigs tolerated in the cities?
(a) They ate garbage.
(b) They were inexpensive to keep.
(c) They provided good food.
(d) They made good pets.

3. What was the original purpose of the El Train?
(a) To replace the horse and cart.
(b) To relieve massive overcrowding.
(c) To improve commute times.
(d) To show off new technology.

4. Providing the reader with a truer understanding of the late 1800s, Bettmann demonstrated:
(a) The large amounts of progress our civilization has made.
(b) How the days from the Civil War to WWI were key to the development of our nation.
(c) How the Civil War improved our economy.
(d) Why we should long for those simpler days.

5. According to Bettmann in "Air," one observer called the worst New York industrial area a:
(a) "Smog City."
(b) "Nasal Disaster."
(c) "Heart of the New Economy."
(d) "Industrial wasteland."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettman in "Traffic," in what city was a record 330 crossing-grade deaths in one year?

2. Due to a lack of a sanitation department in the late 1800s, many streets in the large American cities were lined with what?

3. Besides the lung irritation, vomiting, and sickness, what other ailment was common to those exposed to air pollution in the late 1800s?

4. What problem did profit motives lead to for street car riders in the late 1800s?

5. Why were some animals a pollutant problem as noted in the chapter "Air"?

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