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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 The Investigator, how old is John Snow?
(a) 39.
(b) 60.
(c) 51.
(d) 42.
2. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?
(a) John James.
(b) William Sproat.
(c) David Morris.
(d) Peter Franklin.
3. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?
(a) 20-30 miles.
(b) 5-10 miles.
(c) 25-35 miles.
(d) 15-20 miles.
4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?
(a) 10 feet.
(b) 50 feet.
(c) 30 feet.
(d) 25 feet.
5. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?
(a) Cray.
(b) Thames.
(c) Darent.
(d) Lea.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long did London remain the manufacturing center of England?
2. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?
3. When did doctors begin recommending chloroform for the discomfort of childbirth?
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. Who designed Regent Street to connect Marylebone Park wit the Prince Regent's new home at Carlton House?
Short Essay Questions
1. In The Night-Soil Men, how were the poor buried at the pauper burial ground at St. Bride's?
2. What were mortality rates in 1842?
3. In The Investigator, who was the famous patient who chose Snow to administer chloroform during childbirth and why?
4. In The Night-Soil Men, why did the invention of water closets have a bad effect on London's sewage problem?
5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, why did the author say that it was surprising how many livestock lived in densely packed neighborhood?
6. In The Night-Soil Men, who were the toshers and what did they do?
7. How was the cholera outbreak that hit New York City reported in 1832, and how did the reports of the outbreak affect the city?
8. Why are the bacteria-driven processes of decomposition important?
9. Who was Henry Whitehead?
10. In The Night-Soil Men, what type of specialists emerged to take care of waste removal?
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