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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 4: Those That Will Not Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would very occasionally happen to a dependable crossing sweep?
(a) He would be given such good tips he could retire.
(b) He would be beat up by less scrupulous workers.
(c) He would be hired by the city council to supervise other crossing sweeps.
(d) He would be given a job as footman or porter in a household.

2. Why did the puppeteer sometimes change the content of the Punch and Judy play?
(a) He wanted to have a moral to be learned.
(b) He never
(c) He tailored it to specific audiences.
(d) He'd get bored with it.

3. To what does Nemyng attribute the spread of vice in Europe?
(a) The advent of new social mores among the young.
(b) The establishment of so many splinter groups from the Catholic church.
(c) He has no idea what is the cause.
(d) The French Revolution.

4. Where did a coster sleep if sales were bad?
(a) In the doorway of a shop or church.
(b) In the homeless shelter.
(c) In the city parks.
(d) In the debtor's prison.

5. For how long had the clown worked in that capacity?
(a) 44 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) A couple months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mayhew describe the Punch and Judy show?

2. How many were professors and artists?

3. What could the interest rate on stock reach?

4. According to the author, how did the gypsy women make money?

5. How many civil servants does he cite?

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