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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) 85,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 35,000.

2. During the epidemics of the late 1840s and 1850s, how many Londoners would typically die of cholera in a matter of weeks?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 450.
(d) 800.

3. In The Investigator, when was the cholera outbreak that made curing cholera one of the most urgent medical riddles of the time?
(a) 1853-1854.
(b) 1846-1847.
(c) 1851-1852.
(d) 1848-1849.

4. In That Is To Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, how long did it take the newapapers to report the cholera outbreak?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By the end of the 1800s, how much teas was imported to England?

3. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?

4. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?

5. During the cholera outbreak of 1831, what group of individuals did Snow treat?

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