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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) 40-50.
(b) 60-80.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 50-60.

2. How long did Thomas Lewis fight the disease before dying?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 9 days.
(d) 11 days.

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) 4 times.
(b) 7 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 8 times.

4. How long was the monograph titled "The Cholera in Benwick Street" that Whitehead wrote?
(a) 17 pages.
(b) 9 pages.
(c) 12 pages.
(d) 11 pages.

5. In The Pump Handle, how long did the deaths in Soho continue after the pump handle was removed?
(a) Another week.
(b) About 4 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of All Smell is Disease, how many people did Whitehead see recover?

3. What class of people did Whitehead notice during a sermon had survived the plague in disproportionate numbers?

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

5. In All Smell is Disease, according to Joseph Bazalgette, how many cesspools were abolished in about six years?

(see the answer key)

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