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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. How long did Queen Victoria inhale chloroform when she had her eighth child?
(a) 62 minutes.
(b) 53 minutes.
(c) 39 minutes.
(d) 48 minutes.

2. In Building the Case as Snow survey the Golden Square neighborhood, how many deaths lay outside the boundary line of Snow's map?
(a) 10.
(b) 18.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

3. In Building the Case, what did the proprietor of a coffee shop mix with Broad Street water and sell?
(a) Sherbet.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Soup.
(d) Cookies.

4. Who designed Regent Street to connect Marylebone Park wit the Prince Regent's new home at Carlton House?
(a) David Withers.
(b) Andrew Smythe.
(c) John Nash.
(d) William Marlboro.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In That Is To Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, how long did it take the newapapers to report the cholera outbreak?

2. For what ailment did Snow administer chloroform to a patient on September 6?

3. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?

4. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the first time that cholera was known to exist on British soil?

(see the answer key)

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