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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Building the Case, who were the proprietors of the Lion Brewery?
(a) Bryan and Peter Strothers.
(b) Edward and John Huggins.
(c) Richard and Andrew Wyatt.
(d) Robert and David Smythe.

2. In "Sedgwick's Principles of Sanitary Science and Public Health", how many pages are devoted to the Broad Street outbreak?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

3. In Building the Case, how many quarts of water did a girl say she had drunk from the Broad Street pump during her successful attempt to fight off the disease?
(a) 15.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 17.

4. In All Smell is Disease, how did John Snow spend September 5?
(a) Analyzing water samples.
(b) Taking water samples to a chemist.
(c) Treating patients.
(d) Looking for patterns.

5. In The Ghost Map when a new sewer system was designed, how many main lines were to run north of the Thames?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

7. In Building the Case, what did the proprietor of a coffee shop mix with Broad Street water and sell?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Sherbet.
(c) Soup.
(d) Ice cream.

8. In The Pump Handle, when was the handle of the Broad Street pump removed?
(a) Friday afternoon.
(b) Thursday afternoon.
(c) Thursday night.
(d) Friday morning.

9. In Building the Case, how far was a tailor on Cross Street from The Little Marlborough Street pump?
(a) 3 blocks.
(b) 4 blocks.
(c) 2 blocks.
(d) 1 block.

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

11. On September 6, to how many patients did Snow deliver chloroform?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

12. In The Pump Handle, when did Snow give Whitehead a copy of his monograph?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1855.

13. In The Pump Handle, when did the board of governors of St. James Parish hold an emergency meeting?
(a) Thursday night.
(b) Tuesday night.
(c) Friday night.
(d) Wednesday night.

14. In Building the Case, upon what skills did Snow's cholera theory ultimately depend?
(a) Sociologist.
(b) Inventor.
(c) Physician.
(d) Researcher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what ailment did Snow administer chloroform to a patient on September 6?

2. In The Pump Handle, as Whitehead tracked down residents who left the neighborhood, how many was he able to find?

3. In The Ghost Map, when was the new sewer system mostly operational?

4. In The Ghost Map, who was sometimes credited instead of Snow for the discovery of the waterborne theory of the dispersion of cholera?

5. In Building the Case, when was the tailor on Cross Street and his 12-year-old son struck with cholera?

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