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

2. In The Night-Soil Men, how many corpses were packed into a burial ground in Islington?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 55,000.

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

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many workers did the Lion Brewery on Broad Street employ?
(a) 12.
(b) 70.
(c) 24.
(d) 39.

5. 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) Richard Andrews.
(b) Henry Mayhew.
(c) David Watson.
(d) Robert Phillips.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many sheep would the main livestock market at Smithfield regularly sell in two days?

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

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?

5. When was a water-flushing device invented by Sir John Harington?

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