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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. In 1842, what was the average age of death for the well-to-do male?
(a) 55.
(b) 48.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

2. Who designed Regent Street to connect Marylebone Park wit the Prince Regent's new home at Carlton House?
(a) William Marlboro.
(b) John Nash.
(c) Andrew Smythe.
(d) David Withers.

3. In The Investigator, when was the cholera outbreak that made curing cholera one of the most urgent medical riddles of the time?
(a) 1851-1852.
(b) 1848-1849.
(c) 1846-1847.
(d) 1853-1854.

4. 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) 7 hours.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how man dogs did a man at 38 Silver Street keep in one room?
(a) 3.
(b) 27.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. On September 4, in the three days since the outbreak, how many residents of well-to-do houses had died?

2. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?

3. By September 4, how many workers at the Lion Brewery had contracted cholera?

4. Where was St. Luke's Church located in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

5. By Sunday morning, how many people were on the edge of death?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where was ether first introduced, and when was it first available in London?

2. How was the cholera outbreak that hit New York City reported in 1832, and how did the reports of the outbreak affect the city?

3. In The Investigator, what device did Snow create with instrument maker Daniel Ferguson to control the dosage of ether?

4. What were mortality rates in 1842?

5. What did the night-soil men do and what were they paid?

6. In The Night-Soil Men, what type of specialists emerged to take care of waste removal?

7. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, why did the author say that it was surprising how many livestock lived in densely packed neighborhood?

8. In The Investigator, who was the famous patient who chose Snow to administer chloroform during childbirth and why?

9. Why was the introduction of ether as an anesthetic import in The Investigator?

10. Why are the bacteria-driven processes of decomposition important?

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