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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how long after the Lewis baby fell ill did life in Golden Square continue as usual?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 days.

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how man dogs did a man at 38 Silver Street keep in one room?
(a) 27.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

3. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?
(a) 50.
(b) 112.
(c) 432.
(d) 205.

4. When was The Long Epidemiological Society founded?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1848.

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

6. When were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?
(a) 500 A.D.
(b) After 40 A.D.
(c) Around 500 B.C.
(d) 1241 B.C.

7. By Sunday morning, how many people were on the edge of death?
(a) Thousands.
(b) 105.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) 300.

8. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 1/2 years.
(d) 2 1/2 years.

9. In The Investigator, how many blocks were ravished by cholera?
(a) 7 square blocks.
(b) 3 square blocks.
(c) 8 square blocks.
(d) 5 square blocks.

10. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Henry Whitehead share a room?
(a) Father.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Brother.
(d) Cousin.

11. How long did London remain the manufacturing center of England?
(a) Until 1855.
(b) Until 1835.
(c) Until 1850.
(d) Until 1845.

12. In The Investigator, when was the cholera outbreak that made curing cholera one of the most urgent medical riddles of the time?
(a) 1846-1847.
(b) 1848-1849.
(c) 1853-1854.
(d) 1851-1852.

13. Who designed Regent Street to connect Marylebone Park wit the Prince Regent's new home at Carlton House?
(a) John Nash.
(b) William Marlboro.
(c) David Withers.
(d) Andrew Smythe.

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

15. When was a water-flushing device invented by Sir John Harington?
(a) Eighteenth century.
(b) Late sixteenth century.
(c) Early fifteenth century.
(d) Seventeenth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the toshers wear?

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many workers did the Lion Brewery on Broad Street employ?

3. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?

4. In The Night-Soil Men, what year was it?

5. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?

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