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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) 60.
(b) 42.
(c) 51.
(d) 39.

2. Which of Charles Dickens' novels had scene a where a team of toshers took coins from a corpse?
(a) Hard Times.
(b) Out Mutual Friend.
(c) Little Dorrit.
(d) Bleak House.

3. In 1854, what was the population of London?
(a) 1 1/2 million.
(b) 2 1/2 million.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 1 million.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who designed Regent Street to connect Marylebone Park wit the Prince Regent's new home at Carlton House?

2. In 1854 if a letter was sent by mail at 9 a.m., when would the recipient across town receive it?

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

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

5. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?

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