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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Broad Street Revisted.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?
(a) Darent.
(b) Lea.
(c) Thames.
(d) Cray.

2. In the Epilogue, how many miles of pipes does Portland, Oregon, have for its sewer system?
(a) 1,700.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 2,000.

3. In 1846 what did Edwin Chadwick tell a parliamentary committee that the problem of London sewage was?
(a) The smell.
(b) The contamination of water.
(c) The bacteria.
(d) The quantity.

4. At the beginning of All Smell is Disease, how many people did Whitehead see recover?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?
(a) 112.
(b) 432.
(c) 50.
(d) 205.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Thomas Lewis become ill?

3. When was Henry Whitehead offered a position at St. Luke's?

4. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?

5. In The Pump Handle, how many people did the author say were crowded into three city blocks?

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