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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Friday, September 8: The Pump Handle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In All Smell Is Disease, what was the lifespan of some of the men who worked in the sewers?
(a) 60-80.
(b) 50-60.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 40-50.

2. When did Edwin Chadwick publish his study of sanitation among the laboring classes?
(a) 1840.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1841.

3. In The Investigator, when was the cholera outbreak that made curing cholera one of the most urgent medical riddles of the time?
(a) 1851-1852.
(b) 1846-1847.
(c) 1853-1854.
(d) 1848-1849.

4. What did Farr give Snow when he visited the Registrar-General's office?
(a) List of victims.
(b) Names of those who recovered.
(c) Names and address of those who died.
(d) Advance copies of the number calculated for the next week.

5. In The Investigator, in July 1849, how many people died on Thomas Street in Horsleydown?
(a) 9.
(b) Around 10.
(c) About 12.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Pump Handle, as Whitehead tracked down residents who left the neighborhood, how many was he able to find?

2. When was Edwin Chadwick appointed to the Poor Law Commission?

3. In All Smell is Disease, how far back did the miasma theory date to?

4. According to Mayhew in 1845, how many ships hauled animal manure to England?

5. When was the first demonstration of ether in Boston?

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