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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In The Night-Soil Men, what hours did the night-soil men work?
(a) 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.
(b) 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
(c) 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.
(d) Midnight to 5 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1842.

10. When did Snow's paper on the use of arsenic in the preservation of cadavers appeared in "The Lancet"?
(a) 1840.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1838.

11. How old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?
(a) 31.
(b) 42.
(c) 28.
(d) 54.

12. In the mid-1800s, how many firms supplied water to London?
(a) 13.
(b) Roughly 10.
(c) About 12.
(d) 20.

13. When long ago were composting pits used by the citizens of Knossos?
(a) 8,000 years.
(b) 7,500 years.
(c) 4,000 years.
(d) 4,500 years.

14. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?
(a) Lemons.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Limes.
(d) Whisky.

15. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the last time it had rained in London?
(a) End of July.
(b) Middle of July.
(c) First of August.
(d) Middle of August.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men were on a team of night-soil workers?

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

3. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how man dogs did a man at 38 Silver Street keep in one room?

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

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