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Questionnaire

I. Extract from the memories of Ignacy Baliński titled Wspomnienia o Warszawie, published in Warsaw in 1987

1. Ignacy Balinski described in his memoirs:
a. Cracow.
b. Lodz.
c. Warsaw.
2. Shops for wealthy clients in the nineteenth century in Warsaw were situated in the streets:
a. Krakowskie Przedmieście, Nowy Świat and Marszałkowska.
b. Nalewki.
c. Żelaznej Bramy and Kercelego Square.

II. Illustration presenting of woman’s walking costume and woman’s ball dress from the 80s ninete-enth century

3. From the 1870s the element of women's dress became:
a. Tall and heavy wigs.
b. Bustles.
c. Skirts and jackets.
4. Women achieved a narrow waist called waist “wasp” using:
a. Corsets.
b. Crinoline.
c. Strips.

III. Map The railway network development in the Polish lands in the nine-teenth century

5. The railway network in the second half of the nineteenth century was best developed in the Polish lands under occupation:
a. Russian.
b. Austria.
c. Prussian.
6. The centre of textile industry on Polish land was:
a. Warsaw.
b. Lodz.
c. Wroclaw.

Questions of synthesis

1. Write an essay (200 – 250 words) characterizing the relationship between agrarian re-form, industrial and the railway development and the development of Polish towns in the second half of the nineteenth century.
2. Write an essay (approximately 150 words) characterizing social groups that have developed in the Polish society in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Questions of synthesis

1. Write an essay (200 – 250 words) characterizing the relationship between agrarian re-form, industrial and the railway development and the development of Polish towns in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Students should discuss the effects of the agrarian reforms carried out by the occupation govern-ments on Polish lands, indicate the types of industries that developed on the Polish terri-tory in the second half of the nineteenth century and their main centers, to discuss the devel-opment of the railway network, indicate differences in the development of the railway net-work between the partitions and explain their cause, stress that all these factors led to the development of cities.

Highlights:

  • The effects of agrarian reforms that occupation governments carried out on the Polish territory in the second half of the nineteenth century.
  • Types of industry that developed on the Polish lands in the second half of the nineteenth century.
  • The main industrial centers.
  • Development of railway network in the Polish lands in the second half of the nineteenth century.
  • Reasons for differences in the development of the railway network between the partitions.

2. Write an essay (approximately 150 words) characterizing social groups that have developed in the Polish society in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Students should identify the reasons for the emergence of the bourgeoisie, intelligentsia, petty bourgeoisie and the workers, to discuss the differences in living standards (including fashion), to discuss differences in the way of earning, discuss religious and ethnic differences in the population of Polish cities in the nineteenth century.

Highlights:

  • Reasons for the emergence of the bourgeoisie, intelligentsia, petty bourgeoisie and workers.
  • Differences in living standards, including fashion.
  • Differences in the way of earning money.
  • Religious and ethnic differences–in the population of Polish cities in the nineteenth century.