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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 1850, how many gallons of water a day were used by the average London household?
(a) 75.
(b) 160.
(c) 150.
(d) 90.

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

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

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

5. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?
(a) August 1, 1854.
(b) August 5, 1854.
(c) August 30, 1854.
(d) August 28, 1854.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Earl of Craven purchase a block of land called Soho Field?

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

3. How old was Snow when he read John Frank Newton's 1811 manifesto "The Return to Nature: A Defense of the Vegetable Regimen"?

4. When was the first demonstration of ether in Boston?

5. In The Investigator, in July 1849, how many people died on Thomas Street in Horsleydown?

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