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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 Building the Case, how many quarts of water did a girl say she had drunk from the Broad Street pump during her successful attempt to fight off the disease?
(a) 9.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 2.

2. In Building the Case, upon what skills did Snow's cholera theory ultimately depend?
(a) Researcher.
(b) Inventor.
(c) Sociologist.
(d) Physician.

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 30 feet.
(d) 25 feet.

4. By September 4, how many workers at the Eley Brothers factory had gotten cholera?
(a) 18.
(b) More than 2 dozen.
(c) About 20.
(d) 35.

5. When long ago were composting pits used by the citizens of Knossos?
(a) 8,000 years.
(b) 4,500 years.
(c) 4,000 years.
(d) 7,500 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter that takes place on September 4, what corpses were disturbed when the new sewers were built?

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

3. What did John Snow's father do for a living?

4. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?

5. When did Snow's paper on the use of arsenic in the preservation of cadavers appeared in "The Lancet"?

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