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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 far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 30 feet.
(d) 25 feet.

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

3. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?
(a) Lea.
(b) Thames.
(c) Darent.
(d) Cray.

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

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

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

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

8. Which of Charles Dickens' novels had scene a where a team of toshers took coins from a corpse?
(a) Hard Times.
(b) Out Mutual Friend.
(c) Little Dorrit.
(d) Bleak House.

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

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

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

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

13. In 1842, what was the average age of death for the well-to-do male?
(a) 50.
(b) 45.
(c) 48.
(d) 55.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was St. Luke's Church located in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

2. When did Snow's paper on the use of arsenic in the preservation of cadavers appeared in "The Lancet"?

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

4. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?

5. By the end of the 1800s, how much teas was imported to England?

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