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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. Who designed Regent Street to connect Marylebone Park wit the Prince Regent's new home at Carlton House?
(a) John Nash.
(b) William Marlboro.
(c) Andrew Smythe.
(d) David Withers.

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 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?
(a) 112.
(b) 205.
(c) 50.
(d) 432.

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how long after the Lewis baby fell ill did life in Golden Square continue as usual?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 3 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what had been the temperature for several straight days?

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

4. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?

5. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?

(see the answer key)

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