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

2. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?

3. When did the Earl of Craven purchase a block of land called Soho Field?

4. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?

5. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the growth of tea drinkers help population growth?

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

4. What is the cure for cholera?

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

6. By Sunday morning, September 3, what was going on at the beginning of The Investigator?

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

8. In The Night-Soil Men, what type of neighborhood did Soho become in the years after the 1665 plague?

9. How is cholera spread?

10. What were mortality rates in 1842?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johnson uses imagery to help readers imagine what London and the cholera outbreak were like. How does Johnson’s use of imagery help readers understand the times and problems that people faced?

Essay Topic 2

The author referred to Snow as a polymath. What was a polymath, and how did Snow’s polymath of viewing the world not allow him to accept the miasma theory?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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