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

2. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?
(a) August 1, 1854.
(b) August 5, 1854.
(c) August 28, 1854.
(d) August 30, 1854.

3. 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?
(a) Robert Phillips.
(b) Richard Andrews.
(c) Henry Mayhew.
(d) David Watson.

4. How long did Queen Victoria inhale chloroform when she had her eighth child?
(a) 53 minutes.
(b) 62 minutes.
(c) 48 minutes.
(d) 39 minutes.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?
(a) 10 feet.
(b) 25 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 30 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. On September 4, in the three days since the outbreak, how many residents of well-to-do houses had died?

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

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

4. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?

5. In The Night-Soil Men, what hours did the night-soil men work?

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