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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," what percentage of people in prison were alcoholics?
(a) 50%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 60%.

2. How were medical advances defined during the Victorian period?
(a) Medical breakthroughs were common.
(b) Medical advances were few but very helpful.
(c) They were considered a boom during this time.
(d) They did not keep pace with technological advances.

3. What problems did the railroads add to any town in the late 1800s?
(a) Prestige.
(b) Crime.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Pollution and noise.

4. Where were the first apartments constructed?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York City.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What was a popular type of big city housing during the late 1800s?
(a) The suburbs.
(b) High-rise apartments.
(c) The brownstone.
(d) Shanties.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the prisoners in the prison system treated in the post Civil War era?

2. What prognosis did alcoholism usually carry in the late 19th century?

3. What was the primary cause of surgical deaths after the Civil War?

4. What was "bogus butter"?

5. After the Civil War, how did the isolation of the endless prairie affect many homesteaders?

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