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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mayhew in 1845, how many ships hauled animal manure to England?
(a) 683.
(b) 281.
(c) 549.
(d) 311.

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

3. How long did London remain the manufacturing center of England?
(a) Until 1835.
(b) Until 1850.
(c) Until 1855.
(d) Until 1845.

4. In The Pump Handle, how many people did the author say were crowded into three city blocks?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 600.
(c) 750.
(d) 250.

5. During the Great Stink along the Thames in The Ghost Map, how did the rates of death from epidemic disease rise or fall?
(a) There was a 5% decrease in deaths.
(b) They were normal.
(c) They rose a great deal.
(d) There was a 20% increase in deaths.

Short Answer Questions

1. In All Smell is Disease, according to Joseph Bazalgette, how many cesspools were abolished in about six years?

2. In The Ghost Map, in what publication did an unsigned editorial appear that lambasted Snow's waterborne theory of cholera?

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

4. How old was Snow when he died?

5. Where was St. Luke's Church located in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

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