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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 Building the Case, upon what skills did Snow's cholera theory ultimately depend?
(a) Inventor.
(b) Physician.
(c) Researcher.
(d) Sociologist.

2. In the Epilogue, what city is the greenest community in the United States, and one of the greenest cities on the planet?
(a) New York.
(b) Denver.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago.

3. During the cholera outbreak of 1831, what group of individuals did Snow treat?
(a) Miners.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Children.
(d) Sailors.

4. When did Snow earn his bachelor of medicine degree from the University of London?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1842.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how long after the Lewis baby fell ill did life in Golden Square continue as usual?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Epilogue, what country had their poultry workers vaccinated with the flu shot?

2. How long of a pole did toshers carry in The Night-Soil Men?

3. In All Smell Is Disease, what was the lifespan of some of the men who worked in the sewers?

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

5. In The Ghost Map when a new sewer system was designed, how many main lines were to run north of the Thames?

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