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

2. In Building the Case, of the 83 deaths recorded on Farr's list, how many of those were in houses that were closer to the Broad Street pump than any other water source?
(a) 80.
(b) 73.
(c) 67.
(d) 59.

3. In Building the Case, within how many days did a tailor on Cross Street and his children die?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many animals would a slaughterhouse at the edge of Soho on Marshall Street kill per day on average?
(a) 20 oxen and 23 sheep.
(b) 2 oxen and 6 sheep.
(c) 10 oxen and 12 sheep.
(d) 5 oxen and 7 sheep.

5. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 1/2 years.
(d) 2 1/2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how long after the Lewis baby fell ill did life in Golden Square continue as usual?

2. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?

3. In Building the Case, what was the career of St. Luke's scripture reader?

4. In All Smell is Disease, how did John Snow spend September 5?

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

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