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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 2003.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1976.
(d) 2001.

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

3. In All Smell Is Disease, what was the lifespan of some of the men who worked in the sewers?
(a) 50-60.
(b) 30-40.
(c) 40-50.
(d) 60-80.

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

5. 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.

6. In Building the Case, after how many hours after receiving Farr's early numbers, had Snow tracked down intimate details of behavior from surviving family and neighbors of more than 70 people?
(a) 36.
(b) 18.
(c) 30.
(d) 24.

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

8. In The Pump Handle, for what age children was getting water from the Broad Street pump a common chore?
(a) Any child older than 11.
(b) Any child older than 8.
(c) Any child older than 9 or 10.
(d) Any child older than 6 or 7.

9. In Building the Case, how many cholera patients were admitted to Middlesex Hospital?
(a) More than 120.
(b) About 130.
(c) 145.
(d) 125.

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

11. In The Ghost Map, in 1854, how much of your neighborhood did the author say might die in London if you left town for a weekend?
(a) 10%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 15%.

12. How long did it take after Pacini glimpsed bacteria in his microscope for others to make the same discovery?
(a) 4 decades.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 3 decades.

13. How old was Snow when he died?
(a) 62.
(b) 39.
(c) 51.
(d) 45.

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

15. In The Pump Handle, how many people did the author say were crowded into three city blocks?
(a) 600.
(b) 250.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 750.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages of "Sedgwick's Principles of Sanitary Science and Public Health" mention the Board of Health verdict of the Broad Street outbreak?

2. In The Ghost Map, in what publication did an unsigned editorial appear that lambasted Snow's waterborne theory of cholera?

3. In The Ghost Map, when was there a horrible stench along the banks of the Thames?

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

5. In Building the Case, of the 83 deaths recorded on Farr's list, how many of those were in houses that were closer to the Broad Street pump than any other water source?

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