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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. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 1/2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 1/2 years.

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what had been the temperature for several straight days?
(a) 90s.
(b) 80s.
(c) 60s.
(d) 70s.

3. In 1854, how long did some people complain that it took a letter to reach its destination in letters written to editors of newspapers?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 7 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?

2. In That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, who went up in a hot-air balloon to examine the entire city of London?

3. In The Night-Soil Men, how long would it take a bone-picker go go over his rounds?

4. In The Investigator, how old is John Snow?

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

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