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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sunday, September 3: The Investigator.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Snow's paper on the use of arsenic in the preservation of cadavers appeared in "The Lancet"?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1838.
(d) 1841.

2. What did John Snow's father do for a living?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Grocer.
(c) Laborer.
(d) Professor.

3. When was a water-flushing device invented by Sir John Harington?
(a) Early fifteenth century.
(b) Eighteenth century.
(c) Seventeenth century.
(d) Late sixteenth century.

4. About how many people were part of the London scavengers in The Night-Soil Men?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 50,000.

5. In The Investigator, how many blocks were ravished by cholera?
(a) 8 square blocks.
(b) 5 square blocks.
(c) 3 square blocks.
(d) 7 square blocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Queen Victoria inhale chloroform when she had her eighth child?

2. When was the first demonstration of ether in Boston?

3. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Henry Whitehead share a room?

5. When did Snow earn his bachelor of medicine degree from the University of London?

(see the answer key)

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