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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 The Investigator, how old is John Snow?
(a) 51.
(b) 60.
(c) 42.
(d) 39.

2. When did cholera first appear in New York City?
(a) 1837.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1843.

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) 7 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

4. What did John Snow's father do for a living?
(a) Professor.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Grocer.
(d) Laborer.

5. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Rosemarie.
(c) Elbe.
(d) Labyrinth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1854, where was the scientist from who discovered a small comma-shaped organism in the intestinal mucosa of a cholera victim?

2. How many men were on a team of night-soil workers?

3. How old was Snow when he read John Frank Newton's 1811 manifesto "The Return to Nature: A Defense of the Vegetable Regimen"?

4. How old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

5. When did doctors begin recommending chloroform for the discomfort of childbirth?

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