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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sunday, September 3: The Investigator.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1851.

2. In 1854, what was the population of London?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 2 1/2 million.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 1 1/2 million.

3. By Sunday morning, how many people were on the edge of death?
(a) Thousands.
(b) 300.
(c) 105.
(d) Hundreds.

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

5. In The Investigator, in July 1849, how many people died on Thomas Street in Horsleydown?
(a) About 12.
(b) Around 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what had been the temperature for several straight days?

3. Which college did Henry Whitehead attend at Oxford?

4. In The Investigator, when was the cholera outbreak that made curing cholera one of the most urgent medical riddles of the time?

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

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