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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tuesday, September 5: All Smell Is Disease.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the 1800s, how much tea was imported to England?
(a) 4 tons.
(b) 7 tons.
(c) 6 tons.
(d) 5 tons.

2. In 1854, what was the population of London?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 2 1/2 million.
(d) 1 1/2 million.

3. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?
(a) Dog feces.
(b) Horse feces.
(c) Rat feces.
(d) Human feces.

4. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?
(a) Limes.
(b) Whisky.
(c) Lemons.
(d) Brandy.

5. When was Edwin Chadwick appointed to the Poor Law Commission?
(a) 1831.
(b) 1829.
(c) 1832.
(d) 1827.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?

2. When were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?

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

4. In 1842 in Bethnal Green was was the average life expectancy for the working poor?

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the last time it had rained in London?

(see the answer key)

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