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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Leisure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the late 1800s, how were genuine visitors to Central Park treated?
(a) They were not welcomed by the police.
(b) With harassment and suspicion.
(c) They were not allowed in.
(d) They were often victims of crime.

2. What was the main cause of lung irritation, vomiting and sickness for people in the large cities in the early 19th century?
(a) Smoking tobacco.
(b) Industrial vapors.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) Cancer.

3. According to Bettmann in "Health," medical colleges were designed primarily to do what?
(a) Send out qualified physicians to the frontier.
(b) Educate doctors.
(c) Eradicate disease.
(d) Make money off of tuition.

4. What does Bettmann say street car riders in the late 1800s were encouraged to bring along on their ride?
(a) Sufficient change.
(b) A weapon.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A drink.

5. How were the workers of labor strikes in the late 19th century perceived to be by the public?
(a) Troublemakers.
(b) Unjustly treated.
(c) Lawless and violent.
(d) Fighting for fair treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were medical advances defined during the Victorian period?

2. Why was there such massive overcrowding on Manhattan Island in the late 1800s?

3. Who was A.T. Stewart?

4. According to Bettmann in "Crime," who was treated the worst in the prison system?

5. Who managed the insane asylums of the late 1800s?

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