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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In 1842 in Bethnal Green was was the average life expectancy for the working poor?
(a) 21.
(b) 34.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.
2. When were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?
(a) 500 A.D.
(b) After 40 A.D.
(c) 1241 B.C.
(d) Around 500 B.C.
3. In The Night-Soil Men, what hours did the night-soil men work?
(a) Midnight to 5 a.m.
(b) 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.
(c) 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.
(d) 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
4. When did doctors begin recommending chloroform for the discomfort of childbirth?
(a) 1860s.
(b) 1840s.
(c) 1850s.
(d) 1870s.
5. About how many people were part of the London scavengers in The Night-Soil Men?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 100,000.
6. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 14.
7. In The Investigator, how many blocks were ravished by cholera?
(a) 3 square blocks.
(b) 8 square blocks.
(c) 5 square blocks.
(d) 7 square blocks.
8. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?
(a) 25-35 miles.
(b) 15-20 miles.
(c) 20-30 miles.
(d) 5-10 miles.
9. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?
(a) 3 1/2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 2 1/2 years.
10. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the first time that cholera was known to exist on British soil?
(a) 1831.
(b) 1797.
(c) 1826.
(d) 1743.
11. How many men were on a team of night-soil workers?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.
12. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?
(a) 50.
(b) 432.
(c) 205.
(d) 112.
13. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what day of the week did the Eley brothers take a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump to their mother?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.
14. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many sheep would the main livestock market at Smithfield regularly sell in two days?
(a) 500.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 30,000.
15. When was Henry Whitehead offered a position at St. Luke's?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1853.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the year 1000, how many people lived in Rome?
2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many workers did the Lion Brewery on Broad Street employ?
3. In 1854, what was the population of London?
4. During the cholera outbreak of 1831, what group of individuals did Snow treat?
5. At the beginning of the 1800s, how much tea was imported to England?
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