View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the direction of the wind during the famine's second year?
(a) North to south.
(b) East to west.
(c) Northeast to Southeast.
(d) Southeast to Northwest.

2. Most of Ireland's economy was based on what?
(a) Tourism.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Breweries.
(d) Fishing.

3. What type of food was stolen from an untended pot?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Mutton.
(d) Cabbage.

4. Who did not pay for the upkeep on the workhouses?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Large farmers.
(c) Middling farmers.
(d) Landlords.

5. Trevelyan decided that the Irish could be saved via which food?
(a) Bread.
(b) Soup.
(c) Millet.
(d) Rye.

Short Answer Questions

1. The famine caused which of the following to collapse?

2. How many people were typically buried at one site?

3. How many days per year did the average farmer work to pay the landlord?

4. Which of the following was not a common ailment among the starving Irish?

5. At what location did laborers gather to complain about lack of wages?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 152 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample