Workhouses in Victorian England_ILE 7_Unit 4

A workhouse was a place where ...

• ... poor people could have a home.

• ... people could have a day-job.

• ... the destitute could live and work.

• ... people could ask for help if they didn`t have a job.

When a family had fallen on hard times and decided to go to a workhouse ...

• ... they found a welcoming home at the workhouse.

• ... they were given one room for the whole family to live in.

• ... they were split up and divided into men, women and children.

The women`s tasks at the workhouses were ... (choose all the correct answers)

• cleaning

• sewing

• breaking rocks

• helping in the kitchen

• knitting

The men`s tasks at the workhouses were ... (choose all the correct answers)

• breaking stones

• helping in the kitchen

• chopping wood

• pottery

The conditions in the workhouses were...

• friendly

• very modern

• harsh and strict

• destitute

When somebody disobeyed or didn`t follow the rules ... (choose all the correct answers)

• their diet was restricted

• they were sent away from the workhouse

• they were imprisoned in a small windowless chamber for 24 hours

What`s the Estonian for destitute?

• meeleheitel

• kauge, eemalolev

• vaene, puudustkannatav

• ootusärev

Most workhouses in England and Wales were established during ...

• the 15th century

• the 17th century

• the 19th century

• the 20th century