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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did London remain the manufacturing center of England?
(a) Until 1835.
(b) Until 1850.
(c) Until 1845.
(d) Until 1855.

2. Which of Charles Dickens' novels had scene a where a team of toshers took coins from a corpse?
(a) Hard Times.
(b) Bleak House.
(c) Out Mutual Friend.
(d) Little Dorrit.

3. When did the Earl of Craven purchase a block of land called Soho Field?
(a) 1709.
(b) 1665.
(c) 1594.
(d) 1811.

4. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1861.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what had been the temperature for several straight days?
(a) 80s.
(b) 70s.
(c) 60s.
(d) 90s.

6. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Limes.
(c) Whisky.
(d) Lemons.

7. In The Night-Soil Men, how long would it take a bone-picker go go over his rounds?
(a) 6-8 hours.
(b) 7-9 hours.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

8. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?
(a) Horse feces.
(b) Rat feces.
(c) Dog feces.
(d) Human feces.

9. When did cholera first appear in New York City?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1832.
(d) 1841.

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

11. In 1854 if a letter was sent by mail at 9 a.m., when would the recipient across town receive it?
(a) 1 p.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 2 p.m.
(d) Noon.

12. On September 4, in the three days since the outbreak, how many residents of well-to-do houses had died?
(a) Third.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Quarter.
(d) Half.

13. How many men were on a team of night-soil workers?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

14. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?
(a) Darent.
(b) Lea.
(c) Thames.
(d) Cray.

15. In That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, who went up in a hot-air balloon to examine the entire city of London?
(a) Henry Mayhew.
(b) David Watson.
(c) Richard Andrews.
(d) Robert Phillips.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the last time it had rained in London?

2. During the cholera outbreak of 1831, what group of individuals did Snow treat?

3. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?

4. Who designed Regent Street to connect Marylebone Park wit the Prince Regent's new home at Carlton House?

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how long after the Lewis baby fell ill did life in Golden Square continue as usual?

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