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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. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Elbe.
(c) Rosemarie.
(d) Labyrinth.

2. In All Smell is Disease, when did Benjamin become president of the Board of Health?
(a) August 29.
(b) August 18.
(c) July 8.
(d) July 11.

3. By Sunday morning, how many people had died in the last 24hours?
(a) 46.
(b) 63.
(c) 55.
(d) 70.

4. How long did Queen Victoria inhale chloroform when she had her eighth child?
(a) 48 minutes.
(b) 39 minutes.
(c) 53 minutes.
(d) 62 minutes.

5. What did Farr give Snow when he visited the Registrar-General's office?
(a) Advance copies of the number calculated for the next week.
(b) Names and address of those who died.
(c) Names of those who recovered.
(d) List of victims.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Pump Handle, when did Snow give Whitehead a copy of his monograph?

2. In 1846 what did Edwin Chadwick tell a parliamentary committee that the problem of London sewage was?

3. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?

4. By Sunday morning, how many people were on the edge of death?

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

(see the answer key)

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