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

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

3. In Building the Case, who were the proprietors of the Lion Brewery?
(a) Edward and John Huggins.
(b) Bryan and Peter Strothers.
(c) Robert and David Smythe.
(d) Richard and Andrew Wyatt.

4. In The Pump Handle, for what age children was getting water from the Broad Street pump a common chore?
(a) Any child older than 9 or 10.
(b) Any child older than 8.
(c) Any child older than 11.
(d) Any child older than 6 or 7.

5. Which college did Henry Whitehead attend at Oxford?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Mansfield.
(c) Exeter.
(d) Kellogg.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Edwin Chadwick publish his study of sanitation among the laboring classes?

2. In The Ghost Map, when did Snow suffer a stroke?

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

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

5. What did the Board of Health have put on the streets in All Smell is Disease?

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