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Riis/Sinclair

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16 questions

Note from the author:

Questions over selections from Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair

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Question 1

1.

Who was Jacob Riis

a President

a Robber Baron

a writer and social commentator

owner of a tenement house

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Question 2

2.

Which of the following are problems faced by the children in this passage

Germs

Jobs

Education

Clean Air

Clean Water

Physical Abuse

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Question 3

3.

Why were the fire escapes ineffective for most of the tenements?

They were cheaply made

They were used as extra space for household goods and trash

No tenements had fire escapes

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Question 4

4.

Riis uses the image of laundry to describe levels of

poverty

fashion

hard work

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Question 5

5.

What kind of sleeping arrangements are available for 15 cents

A personal space with a bed and chair

A large shared space with mutliple bunks with sheets/blankets and a locker for ones' things

A space on the floor to sleep 

A nearby stove for heat

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Question 6

6.

What is the purpose of Riis story?

It's just fiction to entertain people

To push for new laws  on immigration

Scare children to study hard so they won't have to live like this

Gain sympathy for the lower class city-dwellers

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Question 7

7.

What was the kerosene used for

Lighting for the workers

To provide heat during the winter

To kill the ptomaine poisons of the carasses

To bribe the inspectors

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Question 8

8.

What happened to cows that were fed "whiskey-malt"?

They developed large boils and open sores

They got drunk

They lived long and happy lives

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Question 9

9.

Tainted canned meat caused

Increases in food prices

The deaths of many US troops in the Spanish-American War

Decreases in farm profits

The plant owners to be prosecuted and convicted for the spread of disease

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Question 10

10.

This paragraph implies what about the ingredients in Durham Canned goods?

Butter was a main ingreadient in most of the canned goods

They rarely contained any real meat.

Only high quality ingredients were ever used

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Question 11

11.

What benefit did the tuberculosis add

It made the cows fatter

It made the cows healthier

It provided a pleasant taste

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Question 12

12.

You could tell what job each employee did at the plant from their

Paycheck

Uniforms

Illness

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Question 13

13.

What illness was caused by the chilling rooms?

Cuts and scrapes

Tuberculosis

Rheumatism

Chemical burns

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Question 14

14.

What odd ingredient might be in Durham's Pure Leaf Lard?

Beef

Butter

Acid

Human Remains

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Question 15

15.

What new laws might the public demand after reading Sinclair's book?

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Question 16

16.

What is the occasion/historical context of the passages? Cite evidence from the passage (but DO NOT use quotes)