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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Wednesday, September 6: Building the Case.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Board of Health have put on the streets in All Smell is Disease?
(a) Bleach.
(b) Chloride of lime.
(c) Water and bleach.
(d) Salt.

2. When was Henry Whitehead offered a position at St. Luke's?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1851.

3. For what ailment did Snow administer chloroform to a patient on September 6?
(a) Stitch a leg injury.
(b) Stitch an arm injury.
(c) Child birth.
(d) Hemorrhoid removal.

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

5. In All Smell Is Disease, when was a study done that discovered that strong smells triggered activity in the amygdala and the ventral insula of the brain?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2003.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Building the Case as Snow survey the Golden Square neighborhood, how many deaths lay outside the boundary line of Snow's map?

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

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

4. In the year 1000, how many people lived in Rome?

5. In Building the Case, how long does it take the V. cholerae bacteria to die off in distilled water?

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