View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what day of the week did the Eley brothers take a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump to their mother?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Monday.

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

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what had been the temperature for several straight days?
(a) 70s.
(b) 90s.
(c) 80s.
(d) 60s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many workers did the Lion Brewery on Broad Street employ?

2. In The Investigator, when was the cholera outbreak that made curing cholera one of the most urgent medical riddles of the time?

3. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?

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

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 230 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample