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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 Thomas Latta come up with a water cure for cholera?
(a) 1784.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1798.

2. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?
(a) 3 1/2 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 1/2 years.

3. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?
(a) 50.
(b) 432.
(c) 112.
(d) 205.

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Susannah Eley share a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Niece.
(d) Neighbor.

5. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1849.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?

2. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?

3. When were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?

4. How old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

5. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?

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