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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. At the beginning of All Smell is Disease, how many people did Whitehead see recover?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. In All Smell is Disease, when did Benjamin become president of the Board of Health?
(a) August 29.
(b) July 11.
(c) August 18.
(d) July 8.

3. As Whitehead conducted his investigation in The Pump Handle, how much did drinking from the Broad Street well increase a person's risk of infection?
(a) 7 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 8 times.
(d) 4 times.

4. In All Smell is Disease, how many people died in the cholera outbreak of 1848-1849?
(a) 9,000.
(b) About 11,000.
(c) 7,500.
(d) Nearly 15,000.

5. In The Pump Handle, when did the board of governors of St. James Parish hold an emergency meeting?
(a) Thursday night.
(b) Friday night.
(c) Wednesday night.
(d) Tuesday night.

Short Answer Questions

1. In All Smell Is Disease, when was a study done that discovered that strong smells triggered activity in the amygdala and the ventral insula of the brain?

2. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?

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

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

5. In The Pump Handle, how long did the deaths in Soho continue after the pump handle was removed?

(see the answer key)

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