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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Board of Health have put on the streets in All Smell is Disease?
(a) Chloride of lime.
(b) Water and bleach.
(c) Bleach.
(d) Salt.

2. In 1846 what did Edwin Chadwick tell a parliamentary committee that the problem of London sewage was?
(a) The contamination of water.
(b) The smell.
(c) The quantity.
(d) The bacteria.

3. At the beginning of All Smell is Disease, how many people did Whitehead see recover?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. How long did Thomas Lewis fight the disease before dying?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 11 days.

5. In All Smell is Disease, when did Benjamin become president of the Board of Health?
(a) August 29.
(b) August 18.
(c) July 8.
(d) July 11.

6. In Building the Case, when did survivors who reported consuming large quantities of water from the Broad Street pump do their drinking?
(a) After Saturday.
(b) After Sunday.
(c) After Monday.
(d) After Tuesday.

7. In Building the Case, what part of the body was affected by cholera?
(a) Circulatory system.
(b) Cardiac system.
(c) Respiratory system.
(d) Small intestine.

8. In All Smell Is Disease, when was a study done that discovered that strong smells triggered activity in the amygdala and the ventral insula of the brain?
(a) 1976.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2003.

9. In All Smell is Disease, what did the records Farr showed Snow reveal about the number of deaths in Soho between Thursday and Saturday?
(a) 86.
(b) 83.
(c) 78.
(d) 91.

10. How long was the monograph titled "The Cholera in Benwick Street" that Whitehead wrote?
(a) 12 pages.
(b) 17 pages.
(c) 11 pages.
(d) 9 pages.

11. During the Great Stink along the Thames in The Ghost Map, how did the rates of death from epidemic disease rise or fall?
(a) There was a 5% decrease in deaths.
(b) They rose a great deal.
(c) They were normal.
(d) There was a 20% increase in deaths.

12. When did Whitehead believe that paitent zero would have fallen ill?
(a) August 31.
(b) Around August 28.
(c) Around August 29.
(d) August 30.

13. In Building the Case, what was the career of St. Luke's scripture reader?
(a) Grocer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Grenadier guard.
(d) Butcher.

14. When Whitehead research the records, how long did he discover that the Lewis baby was sick before she died?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 2 days.

15. In The Pump Handle, among the 45 houses extending in all directions from the intersection of Broad and Cambridge streets, how many managed to survive the epidemic without losing a single resident?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Pump Handle, how long did the deaths in Soho continue after the pump handle was removed?

2. How old was Snow when he died?

3. In The Ghost Map, when did John Snow begin working on his first map of the Broad Street outbreak?

4. In 1843, where did a proposal want to have cast-iron sewers transport waste?

5. In Building the Case, within how many days did a tailor on Cross Street and his children die?

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