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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 Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?
(a) 2 1/2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 3 1/2 years.
(d) 2 years.

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

3. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?
(a) 432.
(b) 205.
(c) 112.
(d) 50.

4. On September 4, in the three days since the outbreak, how many residents of well-to-do houses had died?
(a) Third.
(b) Quarter.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Half.

5. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?
(a) David Morris.
(b) Peter Franklin.
(c) William Sproat.
(d) John James.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Snow earn his bachelor of medicine degree from the University of London?

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

3. In the chapter that takes place on September 4, what corpses were disturbed when the new sewers were built?

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many citizens were inmates at the St. James Workhouse?

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

(see the answer key)

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