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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whom does Mayhew say this moral defect is present?
(a) Those not raised in a good home.
(b) Vagrants, vagabonds and criminals.
(c) He does not specify.
(d) Mentally slow individuals.

2. How does Mayhew describe the Punch and Judy show?
(a) As a serious morals tale.
(b) As a sentimental, comic, tragic two-act play.
(c) As a farcical tragedy.
(d) He does not give it a description.

3. How many men were employed in Great Britain at the time of the writing of this book?
(a) About 5.25 million.
(b) About 1.2 million.
(c) About 500,000.
(d) About 8 million.

4. What did the photographic man do before this job?
(a) Banjo player.
(b) Bar keeper.
(c) Singer.
(d) Bouncer.

5. What had recently become illegal in London?
(a) Tobacco use.
(b) Alcohol use.
(c) Pornography including obscene books and pictures.
(d) Gerrymandering.

6. What would the street clown prefer to do than being a clown?
(a) A dock worker.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A groom or police officer.
(d) A musician.

7. To what may the discrepancy between the police estimate and Bishop Ryan's estimate be attributed?
(a) Hemyng has no idea as to why there is such a discrepancy.
(b) The police would downplay it in order to not have to arrest so many women.
(c) Bishop Ryan would exaggerate in order to rile up the good Christian people.
(d) A difference in how each defines prostitution.

8. What does Mayhew say humans must do?
(a) Help one another.
(b) Work for a living.
(c) Be good stewards of the animal kingdom.
(d) Be good stewards of the plant kingdom.

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

10. What did Mayhew see as a moral defect?
(a) Stealing from those less fortunate.
(b) Working on Sundays.
(c) Not working up to one's full potential.
(d) Not working if one is able to do so.

11. What does the author say beggars often spent considerable amounts of money buying?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Wine.
(c) Women.
(d) Costumes.

12. What did 307 poor people do for the first time?
(a) Talked to a Priest.
(b) Learned to read.
(c) Found a job.
(d) Attended church.

13. What seemed to be part of the motivation for a street person to perform?
(a) To be able to steal from the audience as they were caught up in a performance.
(b) Getting away from lives as things such as chimney sweeps, which is what most of their families were.
(c) Attention from an admiring audience.
(d) A desire to move into the noble class by earning enough money.

14. What did the fire eater have to do once to win five shillings on a bet?
(a) Jump into the Thames River while on fire.
(b) Kill a cobra with his teeth.
(c) Kill 20 rats in a cage with his teeth.
(d) Walk on a tightrope forty feet off the ground while eating fire.

15. What areas have the most prostitution?
(a) In the industrial sections.
(b) In the wealthier sections where men could afford to pay.
(c) Those frequented by sailors.
(d) Away from the police stations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the young girl lured from home?

2. How were street folk different from patterers?

3. What is another word that Mayhew called puppeteers?

4. What did Hemyng call a soldier who was supported by a wealthy woman?

5. What did Hemyng say about the French woman?

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