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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the first time that cholera was known to exist on British soil?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were mortality rates in 1842?

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

3. What is the cure for cholera?

4. How is cholera spread?

5. What was thought about cholera and the British way of life prior to 1831?

6. Why are the bacteria-driven processes of decomposition important?

7. How did Snow get test subjects for his work in The Investigator?

8. Why was the cholera outbreak in Golden Square unusual?

9. Why was the Broad Street Pump popular?

10. In The Night-Soil Men, who were the toshers and what did they do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author believes that there are many benefits to urban living. What benefits does the author see that result from urban living, and how do these benefits benefit humans and the planet?

Essay Topic 2

Snow created a map to help show how the cholera spread. How was the map useful in persuading Whitehead and others regarding the waterborne theory of cholera, and how was the map instrumental in stopping the outbreak?

Essay Topic 3

Henry Whitehead initially rejected Snow’s theory of how the cholera outbreak began. What were Whitehead’s objections to Snow’s theory, and how were his objections resolved so that he accepted Snow’s theory?

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