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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of All Smell is Disease, how many people did Whitehead see recover?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. In Building the Case, how many quarts of Broad Street water did a boy tell Whitehead he had drunk from the Broad Street pump?
(a) 10.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?
(a) David Morris.
(b) John James.
(c) Peter Franklin.
(d) William Sproat.

4. In All Smell is Disease, how far back did the miasma theory date to?
(a) 312 A.D.
(b) 104 B.C.
(c) Third century B.C.
(d) Fourth century A.D.

5. In 1854, how long did some people complain that it took a letter to reach its destination in letters written to editors of newspapers?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 7 hours.
(d) 6 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?

2. In the year 1000, how many people lived in Rome?

3. In The Night-Soil Men, how long would it take a bone-picker go go over his rounds?

4. When was a water-flushing device invented by Sir John Harington?

5. In All Smell is Disease, how many people died in the cholera outbreak of 1848-1849?

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