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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. 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.

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many workers did the Lion Brewery on Broad Street employ?
(a) 70.
(b) 12.
(c) 39.
(d) 24.

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many sheep would the main livestock market at Smithfield regularly sell in two days?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 23,000.
(d) 15,000.

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

5. When was a water-flushing device invented by Sir John Harington?
(a) Late sixteenth century.
(b) Early fifteenth century.
(c) Eighteenth century.
(d) Seventeenth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long of a pole did toshers carry in The Night-Soil Men?

2. When did doctors begin recommending chloroform for the discomfort of childbirth?

3. When did Thomas Latta come up with a water cure for cholera?

4. In The Investigator, how old is John Snow?

5. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?

(see the answer key)

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