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

2. In The Pump Handle, how many deaths did Whitehead say occurred at the model home on Peter Street?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 21.

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?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 3.

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

5. 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) 2 oxen and 6 sheep.
(b) 20 oxen and 23 sheep.
(c) 10 oxen and 12 sheep.
(d) 5 oxen and 7 sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who designed Regent Street to connect Marylebone Park wit the Prince Regent's new home at Carlton House?

2. What class of people did Whitehead notice during a sermon had survived the plague in disproportionate numbers?

3. In Building the Case, what part of the body was affected by cholera?

4. In 1842 in Bethnal Green was was the average life expectancy for the working poor?

5. In 1842, what was the average age of death for the well-to-do male?

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