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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 were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?
(a) Around 500 B.C.
(b) 1241 B.C.
(c) After 40 A.D.
(d) 500 A.D.

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Susannah Eley share a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump?
(a) Niece.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Neighbor.
(d) Daughter.

3. By the end of the 1800s, how much teas was imported to England?
(a) 13,000 tons.
(b) 15,000 tons.
(c) 9,000 tons.
(d) 11,000 tons.

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what day of the week did the Eley brothers take a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump to their mother?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Monday.

5. When was the first demonstration of ether in Boston?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1848.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?

2. By September 4, how many workers at the Lion Brewery had contracted cholera?

3. On September 4, in the three days since the outbreak, how many residents of well-to-do houses had died?

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

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

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