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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Friday, September 8: The Pump Handle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.

2. In The Pump Handle, as Whitehead tracked down residents who left the neighborhood, how many was he able to find?
(a) 529.
(b) 386.
(c) 497.
(d) 281.

3. In The Pump Handle, how many cases of cholera were reported on Saturday morning according to The Globe?
(a) 11.
(b) 9 or 10.
(c) 7 or 8.
(d) 8.

4. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Limes.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Lemons.

5. In All Smell is Disease, how far back did the miasma theory date to?
(a) 312 A.D.
(b) Fourth century A.D.
(c) Third century B.C.
(d) 104 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?

2. By September 5, how many residents of the Golden Square neighborhood died in the last 5 days?

3. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?

4. When did Snow's paper on the use of arsenic in the preservation of cadavers appeared in "The Lancet"?

5. In The Pump Handle, how many directives did Benjamin Hall issue for the three-man committee formed to investigate the Broad Street outbreak?

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