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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. When did Thomas Latta come up with a water cure for cholera?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1784.
(d) 1832.

2. In All Smell is Disease, how many people died in the cholera outbreak of 1848-1849?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 7,500.
(c) About 11,000.
(d) Nearly 15,000.

3. On September 4, in the three days since the outbreak, how many residents of well-to-do houses had died?
(a) Quarter.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Half.
(d) Third.

4. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?
(a) 15-20 miles.
(b) 25-35 miles.
(c) 20-30 miles.
(d) 5-10 miles.

5. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Limes.
(d) Lemons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Building the Case, upon what skills did Snow's cholera theory ultimately depend?

2. In 1854, what was the population of London?

3. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?

4. How long did London remain the manufacturing center of England?

5. How old was Snow when he read John Frank Newton's 1811 manifesto "The Return to Nature: A Defense of the Vegetable Regimen"?

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