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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Ghost Map, when was there a horrible stench along the banks of the Thames?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1858.

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

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many animals would a slaughterhouse at the edge of Soho on Marshall Street kill per day on average?
(a) 2 oxen and 6 sheep.
(b) 20 oxen and 23 sheep.
(c) 10 oxen and 12 sheep.
(d) 5 oxen and 7 sheep.

4. In the year 1000, how many people lived in Rome?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 90,000.
(d) 85,000.

5. In Building the Case, when was the tailor on Cross Street and his 12-year-old son struck with cholera?
(a) Sunday.
(b) First hours.
(c) Saturday.
(d) 12 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Building the Case, what was the career of St. Luke's scripture reader?

2. In 1854, what was the population of London?

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

4. When was The Long Epidemiological Society founded?

5. When did doctors begin recommending chloroform for the discomfort of childbirth?

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