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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, as the author was writing, what country had renewed its commitment to a nuclear program?
(a) Iran.
(b) North Korea.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Iraq.

2. On September 6, to how many patients did Snow deliver chloroform?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?
(a) Peter Franklin.
(b) John James.
(c) William Sproat.
(d) David Morris.

4. In The Pump Handle, when did the board of governors of St. James Parish hold an emergency meeting?
(a) Wednesday night.
(b) Friday night.
(c) Tuesday night.
(d) Thursday night.

5. In All Smell is Disease, how many homes in 1849 were found to have offensive smells from bad drainage?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In All Smell is Disease, how far back did the miasma theory date to?

2. In The Ghost Map, when was there a horrible stench along the banks of the Thames?

3. In Building the Case, when did survivors who reported consuming large quantities of water from the Broad Street pump do their drinking?

4. In The Night-Soil Men, how many corpses were packed into a burial ground in Islington?

5. In the Epilogue, what birthrates are Italy, Russia, Spain, and Japan seeing per woman?

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