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Landlords, Private Charity and Poor Law Historiography Quiz
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1Who wrote the saying: 'Irish property must pay for Irish poverty'
- ACormac O Grada
- BRobert Peel
- CJames Donnelly
- DForey
2Who walked around rural Ireland and helped poor people's lives - an example of private charity
- AAsenath Nicholson
- BElizabeth Smith
- CThe Quakers
- DQueen Victoria
3[blank_start]Asenath Nicholson[blank_end] uses strong rhetoric and imagery to appeal to others to provide private charity, such as describing the suffering as '[blank_start]suffering[blank_end]' and [blank_start]'skeletal'[blank_end]
- A'skeletal'
- Bsuffering
- CAsenath Nicholson
4Who promoted the laissez-faire idea that if Ireland were to sustain their population they needed to revamp their economy and not just rely on the English economyy
- ARobert Peel
- BSir John Russell
- CCharles Trevelyan
- DJames Donnelly
- EElizabeth Smith
- FThe Times
5Which historian is good for understanding British Public Attitudes?
- ADonnelly
- BO Grada
- CTreveleyan
- DGray
6Which newspaper/media referred to Irish oppressive landlords as reducing tenants to 'serfdom'?
- ADonnelly
- BThe Illustrated London News
- CThe Mirror
- DThe Times
- EPunch Magazine
7Which media production wrote that the 'squalid destitute' Irish many 'disgraced Christendom'
- AThe Times
- BThe Illustrated London News
- CThe Mirror
- DThe Daily Express
8[blank_start]The Journals of Elizabeth Smith[blank_end] are useful for understanding the views of a [blank_start]racist[blank_end] British Protestant Irish Landlord - referring to her tenants and the Irish more broadly as 'other' - grotesque 'miserable [blank_start]creatures[blank_end]' - dehumanising and [blank_start]animalistic[blank_end].
- AThe Journals of Elizabeth Smith
- BAsenath Nicholson
- CThe Times extracts
- Dracist
- EWell off
- FPhilanthropic
- Gcreatures
- Hpoor
- Ipeople
- Jserfs
- Kanimalistic
- Lother
- Mcatholic
9What newspaper wrote that the English saw it as their duty to 'educate and elevate Ireland' by 'teaching the people how to educate and elevate themselves'
- AThe Times
- BThe Mirror
- CThe Ireland
- DThe Illustrated London News
10Which three does Donnelly attribute as the British government's biggest failures
- ARefusal to stop grain exports
- BNot preventing the evictions of half a million people
- CPoor Laws
- DBlaming the landlords for all the problems
- ELaissez-fair approach
11A great deal remains to be uncovered about the British public opinion, especially the middle classes
- ATrue
- BFalse
12What does Peter Gray argue?
- AThe importance of providentialism for shaping British attitudes and desire to help Ireland
- BThat the Irish economy could be easily restructured after the famine, reshaping agriculture
- CThat the famine was a short-term evil for a long term improvement
- DThat the media heavily shaped and reflected public attitudes
13The National Fast Day highlighted how pivotal the public's attitudes were in government decisions regarding the Famine and relief
- ATrue
- BFalse
14Who argues that from 1846 and 1847 the British public experienced 'compassion fatigue' towards Irish relief
- AMelissa Fegan
- BJames Donnelly
- CO Grada
- DGray
15'Donor fatigue' is a better description of British activities towards the Irish question, because it is hard to measure people's compassion - particularly when there is more to be done to uncover people's attitudes and feelings from this period
- ATrue
- BFalse
16All landlords were violent
- ATrue
- BFalse
17[blank_start]James Du Pre[blank_end] with estates in Tyrone reduced his tenants rents by 10 and [blank_start]50[blank_end] %, and offered tenants reduced rates for coal and Meal
- AJames Du Pre
- B50
18In what town did Arthur Kennedy, British colonial administrator, report that 15 000 people were evicted by their landlords in one year alone
- ACork
- BTyrone
- CSkibereen
- DKilrush
19What was the name of the landlord who still went bankrupt and didn't evict any of his tenants during the famine?
- AJames du Pre
- BLord Gort of Calway
- CWilliam Thackery
- DArthur Kennedy
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