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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Saturday, September 2: Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?
(a) After 40 A.D.
(b) 1241 B.C.
(c) Around 500 B.C.
(d) 500 A.D.

3. Who designed Regent Street to connect Marylebone Park wit the Prince Regent's new home at Carlton House?
(a) David Withers.
(b) William Marlboro.
(c) John Nash.
(d) Andrew Smythe.

4. 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) 1 week.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3 days.

5. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?
(a) Cray.
(b) Lea.
(c) Darent.
(d) Thames.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?

3. When was Henry Whitehead offered a position at St. Luke's?

4. 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?

5. In The Night-Soil Men, what year was it?

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