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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 year 1000, how many people lived in Rome?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 35,000.
(d) 85,000.

2. When did doctors begin recommending chloroform for the discomfort of childbirth?
(a) 1860s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1840s.
(d) 1850s.

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how man dogs did a man at 38 Silver Street keep in one room?
(a) 11.
(b) 27.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, how many corpses were packed into a burial ground in Islington?

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

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

4. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?

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

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