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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. When was Henry Whitehead offered a position at St. Luke's?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1853.

2. When did Thomas Latta come up with a water cure for cholera?
(a) 1784.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1841.

3. How old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?
(a) 31.
(b) 42.
(c) 54.
(d) 28.

4. Which of Charles Dickens' novels had scene a where a team of toshers took coins from a corpse?
(a) Bleak House.
(b) Hard Times.
(c) Out Mutual Friend.
(d) Little Dorrit.

5. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?
(a) 112.
(b) 432.
(c) 205.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Earl of Craven purchase a block of land called Soho Field?

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

3. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?

4. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?

5. In All Smell is Disease, up until what date was it illegal to discharge raw waste into the sewers?

(see the answer key)

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