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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?
(a) 54.
(b) 31.
(c) 28.
(d) 42.
2. In The Night-Soil Men, what hours did the night-soil men work?
(a) 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
(b) 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.
(c) 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.
(d) Midnight to 5 a.m.
3. In 1854, how long did some people complain that it took a letter to reach its destination in letters written to editors of newspapers?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 7 hours.
4. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?
(a) John James.
(b) David Morris.
(c) Peter Franklin.
(d) William Sproat.
5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how man dogs did a man at 38 Silver Street keep in one room?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 27.
(d) 11.
Short Answer Questions
1. When were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?
2. When did the Earl of Craven purchase a block of land called Soho Field?
3. During the epidemics of the late 1840s and 1850s, how many Londoners would typically die of cholera in a matter of weeks?
4. 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?
5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the last time it had rained in London?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was the cholera outbreak in Golden Square unusual?
2. Why was the introduction of ether as an anesthetic import in The Investigator?
3. Why was the Broad Street Pump popular?
4. In The Investigator, what device did Snow create with instrument maker Daniel Ferguson to control the dosage of ether?
5. What were mortality rates in 1842?
6. How did the growth of tea drinkers help population growth?
7. How did Snow get test subjects for his work in The Investigator?
8. How is cholera spread?
9. What did the night-soil men do and what were they paid?
10. When and where was ether first introduced, and when was it first available in London?
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