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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," in what condition were the cows when they arrived at the slaughterhouse?
(a) Fattened up by feed.
(b) Fattened up by steroids.
(c) Tainted with disease.
(d) Starved and sickly.

2. The diet of the average American in the late 19th century was:
(a) Far from healthful.
(b) Highly varied.
(c) Vegetarian.
(d) Mostly Italian.

3. According to Bettmann in "Travel," what was often the result of an open-window train car?
(a) Occupants would choke on smoke from the engine.
(b) Passengers were crime victims at railway stations.
(c) Passengers suffered from insect bites.
(d) Passengers would freeze.

4. According to Bettmann in "Rural Life," why would many young girls leave the country for the promise of the city?
(a) They watched their mothers grow prematurely old with toil.
(b) Their families could no longer afford to feed them.
(c) They thought they could find husbands easier in the city.
(d) They would be sent to earn a wage to help the family.

5. When was opium introduced?
(a) In the 1850s.
(b) As early as 1840.
(c) 1845.
(d) As early as 1862.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late 1800s, what was a popular rite of passage for children?

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

3. What did Bettmann cite as the main reason for the traffic problems in the cities in the late 1800s?

4. What percentage of black children received any education at all in 1890?

5. In the late 19th century, how did families deal with members who had mental illnesses?

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