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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. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1848.

2. In All Smell is Disease, how did John Snow spend September 5?
(a) Analyzing water samples.
(b) Looking for patterns.
(c) Taking water samples to a chemist.
(d) Treating patients.

3. In The Pump Handle, how many people living within 250 yards of the Broad Street pump died in less than two weeks?
(a) 550.
(b) 700.
(c) 610.
(d) 430.

4. In "Sedgwick's Principles of Sanitary Science and Public Health", how many pages are devoted to the Broad Street outbreak?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

5. In All Smell is Disease, according to Joseph Bazalgette, how many cesspools were abolished in about six years?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 35,000.
(d) 20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1854 if a letter was sent by mail at 9 a.m., when would the recipient across town receive it?

2. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?

3. During the cholera outbreak of 1831, what group of individuals did Snow treat?

4. In the Epilogue, what percent of people living in Manhattan travel to work by public transit, by bicycle, or on foot?

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

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