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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, when was the first time that cholera was known to exist on British soil?

2. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the last time it had rained in London?

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

5. Which of Charles Dickens' novels had scene a where a team of toshers took coins from a corpse?

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

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

4. Why was the cholera outbreak in Golden Square unusual?

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

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

7. What were mortality rates in 1842?

8. What is the cure for cholera?

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

10. How is cholera spread?

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

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

Diseases were a brake on human growth. How did cholera and other epidemics decimate populations, and how were they a brake on human growth?

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