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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Monday, September 4: That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1842, what was the average age of death for the well-to-do male?
(a) 45.
(b) 55.
(c) 48.
(d) 50.

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Henry Whitehead share a room?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Father.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Brother.

3. On September 4, what did Whitehead hear residents blaming as the cause of the cholera outbreak?
(a) Water.
(b) Stench in the air.
(c) New sewers.
(d) Cesspools.

4. How old was Snow when he read John Frank Newton's 1811 manifesto "The Return to Nature: A Defense of the Vegetable Regimen"?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

5. When was the first demonstration of ether in Boston?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1847.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how many people were part of the London scavengers in The Night-Soil Men?

3. How long of a pole did toshers carry in The Night-Soil Men?

4. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how long after the Lewis baby fell ill did life in Golden Square continue as usual?

(see the answer key)

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