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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 Building the Case, how many quarts of Broad Street water did a boy tell Whitehead he had drunk from the Broad Street pump?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 10.

2. In Building the Case, who were the proprietors of the Lion Brewery?
(a) Richard and Andrew Wyatt.
(b) Edward and John Huggins.
(c) Bryan and Peter Strothers.
(d) Robert and David Smythe.

3. In All Smell is Disease, when did Benjamin become president of the Board of Health?
(a) August 18.
(b) July 11.
(c) July 8.
(d) August 29.

4. In All Smell is Disease, according to Joseph Bazalgette, how many cesspools were abolished in about six years?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 30,000.

5. In Building the Case, how far was a tailor on Cross Street from The Little Marlborough Street pump?
(a) 4 blocks.
(b) 3 blocks.
(c) 2 blocks.
(d) 1 block.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1843, where did a proposal want to have cast-iron sewers transport waste?

2. By Sunday morning, how many people had died in the last 24hours?

3. When did Thomas Lewis become ill?

4. By the end of the 1800s, how much teas was imported to England?

5. In The Ghost Map, how many miles of sewers were constructed by Bazalgette and his team?

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