View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Building the Case, what part of the body was affected by cholera?
(a) Cardiac system.
(b) Circulatory system.
(c) Respiratory system.
(d) Small intestine.

2. In the mid-1800s, how many firms supplied water to London?
(a) About 12.
(b) 20.
(c) Roughly 10.
(d) 13.

3. When did the Earl of Craven purchase a block of land called Soho Field?
(a) 1665.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1709.
(d) 1594.

4. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?
(a) Rat feces.
(b) Dog feces.
(c) Horse feces.
(d) Human feces.

5. In Building the Case, how many cholera patients were admitted to Middlesex Hospital?
(a) 145.
(b) About 130.
(c) 125.
(d) More than 120.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1854, how long did some people complain that it took a letter to reach its destination in letters written to editors of newspapers?

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

3. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?

4. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?

5. When did cholera first appear in New York City?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 172 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample