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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. By September 4, how many workers at the Eley Brothers factory had gotten cholera?
(a) More than 2 dozen.
(b) About 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 35.

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

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

4. In That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, who went up in a hot-air balloon to examine the entire city of London?
(a) Henry Mayhew.
(b) Robert Phillips.
(c) Richard Andrews.
(d) David Watson.

5. In All Smell is Disease, how many homes in 1849 were found to have offensive smells from bad drainage?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?

2. In 1846 what did Edwin Chadwick tell a parliamentary committee that the problem of London sewage was?

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Susannah Eley share a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump?

4. In the chapter that takes place on September 4, what corpses were disturbed when the new sewers were built?

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

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