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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 long ago were composting pits used by the citizens of Knossos?
(a) 7,500 years.
(b) 8,000 years.
(c) 4,000 years.
(d) 4,500 years.

2. In Building the Case, how many quarts of water did a girl say she had drunk from the Broad Street pump during her successful attempt to fight off the disease?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

3. By September 4, how many workers at the Lion Brewery had contracted cholera?
(a) 20.
(b) 11.
(c) 0.
(d) 15.

4. At the beginning of the 1800s, how much tea was imported to England?
(a) 6 tons.
(b) 4 tons.
(c) 5 tons.
(d) 7 tons.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many citizens were inmates at the St. James Workhouse?
(a) 500.
(b) 475.
(c) 250.
(d) 115.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Sunday morning, how many people were on the edge of death?

2. In 1850, how many gallons of water a day were used by the average London household?

3. In Building the Case, how long does it take the V. cholerae bacteria to die off in distilled water?

4. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?

5. In 1842, what was the average age of death for the well-to-do male?

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