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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Altogether, what is the approximate number of women and children?
(a) 25 million.
(b) 6 million.
(c) He has no idea.
(d) 11 million.

3. What did the father of the magician that Mayhew interviewed do for a living?
(a) He was a policeman.
(b) He was a constable.
(c) He was a mayor of a small town.
(d) He worked in the Customs Office.

4. What did the clown hide from his neighbors?
(a) His occupation.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That he came from a very wealthy family.
(d) The good money he makes.

5. How many civil servants does he cite?
(a) 20,000
(b) 500,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 42,000

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long had the clown worked in that capacity?

2. In what field did many performers get their start?

3. Whose son was the fire eater?

4. What did the magician earn at the time of Mayhew's interview with him?

5. What must someone who is physically or mentally unable to work do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the photographer's business like according to Mayhew?

2. How did cab drivers obtain their cabs, how many hours did they work, and what did they sometimes do to mitigate their long hours?

3. What was a "Dolly mop" and who did the author consider one?

4. What was pornography and why did it become illegal in London?

5. Who did Tuckniss call a prostitute?

6. Who did Mayhew call street folk?

7. What kind of education did many of the street folk have, what types of families did many of them come from and how did many of them start out?

8. How prevalent was theft, where did it often occur and how did a thief make money on stolen goods?

9. How are the various ways to earn a living cataloged and what types of workers existed in England?

10. What differentiated street folk from patterers?

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