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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. In the Epilogue, if ten people were infected with "Ebola" in downtown Manhattan, how many people might be killed?
(a) 3.5 million.
(b) A million or more.
(c) 2 million.
(d) About 1 1/2 million.

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

3. By Sunday morning, how many people had died in the last 24hours?
(a) 63.
(b) 55.
(c) 46.
(d) 70.

4. At the beginning of the 1800s, how much of the world's population lived in cities?
(a) 3%.
(b) 4%.
(c) 2%.
(d) 5%.

5. In The Investigator, how many blocks were ravished by cholera?
(a) 3 square blocks.
(b) 8 square blocks.
(c) 5 square blocks.
(d) 7 square blocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Building the Case, what was the career of St. Luke's scripture reader?

2. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?

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

4. In the Epilogue, how many miles of pipes does Portland, Oregon, have for its sewer system?

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

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