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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Ghost Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the epidemics of the late 1840s and 1850s, how many Londoners would typically die of cholera in a matter of weeks?
(a) 800.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 450.
(d) 500.

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

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

4. In All Smell is Disease, how did John Snow spend September 5?
(a) Looking for patterns.
(b) Analyzing water samples.
(c) Treating patients.
(d) Taking water samples to a chemist.

5. In Building the Case, of the 83 deaths recorded on Farr's list, how many of those were in houses that were closer to the Broad Street pump than any other water source?
(a) 80.
(b) 67.
(c) 59.
(d) 73.

Short Answer Questions

1. In All Smell Is Disease, when was a study done that discovered that strong smells triggered activity in the amygdala and the ventral insula of the brain?

2. In The Pump Handle, among the 45 houses extending in all directions from the intersection of Broad and Cambridge streets, how many managed to survive the epidemic without losing a single resident?

3. In The Ghost Map, when did John Snow begin working on his first map of the Broad Street outbreak?

4. When did Snow's paper on the use of arsenic in the preservation of cadavers appeared in "The Lancet"?

5. By September 4, how many workers at the Eley Brothers factory had gotten cholera?

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