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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?
(a) William Sproat.
(b) Peter Franklin.
(c) John James.
(d) David Morris.

2. During the cholera outbreak of 1831, what group of individuals did Snow treat?
(a) Miners.
(b) Sailors.
(c) Children.
(d) Elderly.

3. In the mid-1800s, how many firms supplied water to London?
(a) 20.
(b) About 12.
(c) 13.
(d) Roughly 10.

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

5. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?
(a) 15-20 miles.
(b) 25-35 miles.
(c) 20-30 miles.
(d) 5-10 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Investigator, how many blocks were ravished by cholera?

2. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?

3. In 1842 in Bethnal Green was was the average life expectancy for the working poor?

4. On September 4, what did Whitehead hear residents blaming as the cause of the cholera outbreak?

5. When did Snow's paper on the use of arsenic in the preservation of cadavers appeared in "The Lancet"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, what type of specialists emerged to take care of waste removal?

2. What were mortality rates in 1842?

3. When and where was ether first introduced, and when was it first available in London?

4. In That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, what did Sir Richard Phillips predict in 1813 about London?

5. In The Investigator, what device did Snow create with instrument maker Daniel Ferguson to control the dosage of ether?

6. Who was Henry Whitehead?

7. In The Night-Soil Men, what type of neighborhood did Soho become in the years after the 1665 plague?

8. In The Night-Soil Men, why did the invention of water closets have a bad effect on London's sewage problem?

9. What did the night-soil men do and what were they paid?

10. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, why did the author say that it was surprising how many livestock lived in densely packed neighborhood?

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