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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long of a pole did toshers carry in The Night-Soil Men?

2. When was the first demonstration of ether in Boston?

3. By Sunday morning, how many people had died in the last 24hours?

4. In 1854, where was the scientist from who discovered a small comma-shaped organism in the intestinal mucosa of a cholera victim?

5. In the chapter that takes place on September 4, what corpses were disturbed when the new sewers were built?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, what did Sir Richard Phillips predict in 1813 about London?

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

4. In The Night-Soil Men, how were the poor buried at the pauper burial ground at St. Bride's?

5. Who was John Snow?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Finding pure water was always an issue for humans. Why did humans begin drinking alcohol rather than water, and how did the health benefits of drinking alcohol instead of contaminated water mitigate the health issues with drinking alcohol?

Essay Topic 2

After an extensive sewer system was installed, London no longer had cholera outbreaks. How did technology stop cholera outbreaks, and what role might technology play in solving future urban problems?

Essay Topic 3

Johnson referred to London’s underclass of scavengers as the canary in a mine. Why did Johnson compare the scavengers to a canary in a mine, and how did scavengers in that role disprove the idea that exposure to odors caused cholera outbreaks?

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