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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the toshers wear?
(a) Corduroy jackets.
(b) Velveteen coats.
(c) Leather boots.
(d) Waders.

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

4. In the chapter that takes place on September 4, what corpses were disturbed when the new sewers were built?
(a) Night-soil.
(b) Victims of the Great Plague of 1665.
(c) Victims of a cholera outbreak in 1840.
(d) Old graveyard.

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

6. On September 4, in the three days since the outbreak, how many residents of well-to-do houses had died?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Half.
(c) Third.
(d) Quarter.

7. How many men were on a team of night-soil workers?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

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

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

10. Where was St. Luke's Church located in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?
(a) Berwick Street.
(b) Regent Street.
(c) Hanover Street.
(d) Broad Street.

11. How long did Queen Victoria inhale chloroform when she had her eighth child?
(a) 53 minutes.
(b) 48 minutes.
(c) 62 minutes.
(d) 39 minutes.

12. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?
(a) August 5, 1854.
(b) August 1, 1854.
(c) August 30, 1854.
(d) August 28, 1854.

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

14. In The Investigator, in July 1849, how many people died on Thomas Street in Horsleydown?
(a) Around 10.
(b) 9.
(c) About 12.
(d) 11.

15. In The Night-Soil Men, how long would it take a bone-picker go go over his rounds?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 7-9 hours.
(c) 6-8 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In The Investigator, when was the cholera outbreak that made curing cholera one of the most urgent medical riddles of the time?

3. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?

4. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?

5. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?

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