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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. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many animals would a slaughterhouse at the edge of Soho on Marshall Street kill per day on average?

2. When long ago were composting pits used by the citizens of Knossos?

3. By September 4, how many workers at the Eley Brothers factory had gotten cholera?

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many sheep would the main livestock market at Smithfield regularly sell in two days?

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is cholera spread?

4. On September 4, what did Whitehead hear residents saying about the cause of the cholera outbreak?

5. In The Night-Soil Men, why did the invention of water closets have a bad effect on London's sewage problem?

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

7. How did Snow get test subjects for his work in The Investigator?

8. What was thought about cholera and the British way of life prior to 1831?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In The Ghost Map, the author compared the growth of London to a cancer. Why was the growth of London similar to the growth of cancer, and how did the growth have the same devastating effects that a cancer had?

Essay Topic 2

In The Ghost Map, John Snow became an investigator of the causes of cholera. How did Snow’s background, education, interests, and work make him an investigator?

Essay Topic 3

Henry Whitehead initially rejected Snow’s theory of how the cholera outbreak began. What were Whitehead’s objections to Snow’s theory, and how were his objections resolved so that he accepted Snow’s theory?

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