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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. During the cholera outbreak of 1831, what group of individuals did Snow treat?
(a) Miners.
(b) Sailors.
(c) Children.
(d) Elderly.

2. 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) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Wednesday.

3. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1850.

4. By September 5, how many residents of the Golden Square neighborhood died in the last 5 days?
(a) About 300.
(b) More than 500.
(c) 630.
(d) 450.

5. In The Investigator, how old is John Snow?
(a) 60.
(b) 51.
(c) 39.
(d) 42.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?

2. In The Night-Soil Men, what hours did the night-soil men work?

3. In 1854, what was the population of London?

4. In The Investigator, how many blocks were ravished by cholera?

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

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