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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. How old was Snow when he read John Frank Newton's 1811 manifesto "The Return to Nature: A Defense of the Vegetable Regimen"?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

2. In 1843, where did a proposal want to have cast-iron sewers transport waste?
(a) Shropshire.
(b) Kent and Essex.
(c) Surrey.
(d) Cumbria and Suffolk.

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

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

5. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?
(a) Rosemarie.
(b) Labyrinth.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Elbe.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Sunday morning, how many people had died in the last 24hours?

2. In The Pump Handle, when did Snow give Whitehead a copy of his monograph?

3. What did the Board of Health have put on the streets in All Smell is Disease?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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