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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On September 4, what did Whitehead hear residents blaming as the cause of the cholera outbreak?
(a) Stench in the air.
(b) Water.
(c) Cesspools.
(d) New sewers.

2. In 1854, how long did some people complain that it took a letter to reach its destination in letters written to editors of newspapers?
(a) 7 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

3. In 1854, what was the population of London?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 1 1/2 million.
(d) 2 1/2 million.

4. In The Night-Soil Men, what year was it?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1854.

5. By Sunday morning, how many people had died in the last 24hours?
(a) 63.
(b) 46.
(c) 55.
(d) 70.

6. When was the first demonstration of ether in Boston?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1847.

7. When did Thomas Latta come up with a water cure for cholera?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1784.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1832.

8. What did John Snow's father do for a living?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Grocer.
(d) Professor.

9. In 1842 in Bethnal Green was was the average life expectancy for the working poor?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 34.
(d) 16.

10. In The Investigator, how old is John Snow?
(a) 39.
(b) 51.
(c) 60.
(d) 42.

11. In 1854 if a letter was sent by mail at 9 a.m., when would the recipient across town receive it?
(a) Noon.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) 2 p.m.

12. When did cholera first appear in New York City?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1841.

13. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Rosemarie.
(c) Labyrinth.
(d) Elbe.

14. In 1854, where was the scientist from who discovered a small comma-shaped organism in the intestinal mucosa of a cholera victim?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

15. How old was Snow when he read John Frank Newton's 1811 manifesto "The Return to Nature: A Defense of the Vegetable Regimen"?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?

2. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?

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

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

5. In The Investigator, in July 1849, how many people died on Thomas Street in Horsleydown?

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