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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did London remain the manufacturing center of England?
(a) Until 1855.
(b) Until 1835.
(c) Until 1845.
(d) Until 1850.

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

3. In The Investigator, how old is John Snow?
(a) 39.
(b) 51.
(c) 42.
(d) 60.

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

5. How long was the monograph titled "The Cholera in Benwick Street" that Whitehead wrote?
(a) 9 pages.
(b) 11 pages.
(c) 17 pages.
(d) 12 pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the toshers wear?

2. By September 4, how many workers at the Lion Brewery had contracted cholera?

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

4. In Building the Case, how long does it take the V. cholerae bacteria to die off in distilled water?

5. In The Ghost Map, when did the "Daily News" accuse the sewer builders of unearthing human remains?

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