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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Ghost Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In All Smell Is Disease, what was the lifespan of some of the men who worked in the sewers?
(a) 30-40.
(b) 40-50.
(c) 60-80.
(d) 50-60.

2. In "Sedgwick's Principles of Sanitary Science and Public Health", how many pages are devoted to the Broad Street outbreak?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. When were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?
(a) 500 A.D.
(b) Around 500 B.C.
(c) After 40 A.D.
(d) 1241 B.C.

4. For what ailment did Snow administer chloroform to a patient on September 6?
(a) Stitch an arm injury.
(b) Child birth.
(c) Hemorrhoid removal.
(d) Stitch a leg injury.

5. In All Smell is Disease, up until what date was it illegal to discharge raw waste into the sewers?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1815.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1819.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Sunday morning, how many people were on the edge of death?

2. About how many people were part of the London scavengers in The Night-Soil Men?

3. In The Pump Handle, among the 45 houses extending in all directions from the intersection of Broad and Cambridge streets, how many managed to survive the epidemic without losing a single resident?

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

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

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