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

2. In The Night-Soil Men, what hours did the night-soil men work?
(a) Midnight to 5 a.m.
(b) 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.
(c) 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
(d) 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.

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

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

5. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the cholera outbreak of 1831, what group of individuals did Snow treat?

3. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?

4. By Sunday morning, how many people had died in the last 24hours?

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

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