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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who managed the insane asylums of the late 1800s?
(a) Prison guards.
(b) The state.
(c) Religious institutions.
(d) Certified professionals.

2. Where were the first apartments constructed?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New York City.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago.

3. What was a major contributor to the contamination and disease in the wells in the late 19th century?
(a) Drainage from the outhouse.
(b) Food left out.
(c) Typhoid epidemic.
(d) Misunderstanding of germs.

4. In the late 1800s, how were train passengers treated when traveling?
(a) The passenger's comfort was most important.
(b) Women were always given seats, whereas men often had to stand.
(c) Like luggage.
(d) With the utmost respect.

5. According to Bettmann in "Health," medical colleges were designed primarily to do what?
(a) Educate doctors.
(b) Make money off of tuition.
(c) Send out qualified physicians to the frontier.
(d) Eradicate disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work did the young rural girls often find in the cities in the late 1800s?

2. Who were most of the shantytown residents in the late 1800s?

3. In what form did opium become widespread?

4. According to Bettmann in "Housing," how did apartments turn into vertical versions of tenements?

5. What did teaching methods of the late 19th century emphasize?

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