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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sunday, September 3: The Investigator.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which college did Henry Whitehead attend at Oxford?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Mansfield.
(c) Kellogg.
(d) Exeter.

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

3. By Sunday morning, how many people were on the edge of death?
(a) 105.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Thousands.
(d) 300.

4. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?
(a) Lea.
(b) Thames.
(c) Cray.
(d) Darent.

5. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?
(a) Rosemarie.
(b) Labyrinth.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Elbe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the toshers wear?

3. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?

4. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?

5. In 1850, how many gallons of water a day were used by the average London household?

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