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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 old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

2. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?

3. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?

4. By the end of the 1800s, how much teas was imported to England?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was John Snow?

3. On September 4, what groups of people were spared from the cholera outbreak?

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

5. What is the cure for cholera?

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

7. Why was the Broad Street Pump popular?

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

9. In The Night-Soil Men, who were the toshers and what did they do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author believes that there are many benefits to urban living. What benefits does the author see that result from urban living, and how do these benefits benefit humans and the planet?

Essay Topic 2

London was one of the largest cities in the world in the 1800s. What problems were caused by overpopulation in London, and what connections were there between overpopulation and epidemics?

Essay Topic 3

Snow created a map to help show how the cholera spread. How was the map useful in persuading Whitehead and others regarding the waterborne theory of cholera, and how was the map instrumental in stopping the outbreak?

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