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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Broad Street Revisted.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By September 4, how many workers at the Eley Brothers factory had gotten cholera?
(a) 35.
(b) 18.
(c) More than 2 dozen.
(d) About 20.

2. In the Epilogue, how long after the cholera outbreak investigate by Whitehead and Snow did the author write the book?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 125 years.
(c) 175 years.
(d) 150 years.

3. In the Epilogue, what are the birthrates per women in Third World countries now?
(a) 3.1.
(b) 2.4.
(c) 2.9.
(d) 4.3.

4. In Building the Case, how long does it take the V. cholerae bacteria to die off in distilled water?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 days.
(c) A matter of hours.
(d) Few days.

5. In the Epilogue, how many miles of pipes does Portland, Oregon, have for its sewer system?
(a) 1,700.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The Long Epidemiological Society founded?

2. In 1854, how long did some people complain that it took a letter to reach its destination in letters written to editors of newspapers?

3. In The Night-Soil Men, how long would it take a bone-picker go go over his rounds?

4. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?

5. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?

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