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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. How many men were on a team of night-soil workers?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

3. In All Smell is Disease, how far back did the miasma theory date to?
(a) 104 B.C.
(b) 312 A.D.
(c) Third century B.C.
(d) Fourth century A.D.

4. In the chapter that takes place on September 4, what corpses were disturbed when the new sewers were built?
(a) Victims of a cholera outbreak in 1840.
(b) Victims of the Great Plague of 1665.
(c) Night-soil.
(d) Old graveyard.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what day of the week did the Eley brothers take a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump to their mother?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In All Smell is Disease, when did Benjamin become president of the Board of Health?

2. In 1854, how long did some people complain that it took a letter to reach its destination in letters written to editors of newspapers?

3. On September 4, what did Whitehead hear residents blaming as the cause of the cholera outbreak?

4. How old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

5. What did Farr give Snow when he visited the Registrar-General's office?

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