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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. 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) 2001.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1976.

2. In Building the Case, what was the career of St. Luke's scripture reader?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Professor.
(c) Grenadier guard.
(d) Grocer.

3. In All Smell is Disease, how did John Snow spend September 5?
(a) Analyzing water samples.
(b) Taking water samples to a chemist.
(c) Treating patients.
(d) Looking for patterns.

4. In 1843, where did a proposal want to have cast-iron sewers transport waste?
(a) Cumbria and Suffolk.
(b) Kent and Essex.
(c) Shropshire.
(d) Surrey.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what had been the temperature for several straight days?
(a) 60s.
(b) 90s.
(c) 80s.
(d) 70s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Florence Nightingale write her "Notes on Nursing"?

2. When long ago were composting pits used by the citizens of Knossos?

3. In Building the Case, after how many hours after receiving Farr's early numbers, had Snow tracked down intimate details of behavior from surviving family and neighbors of more than 70 people?

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

5. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?

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