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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tuesday, September 5: All Smell Is Disease.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many workers did the Lion Brewery on Broad Street employ?
(a) 70.
(b) 12.
(c) 39.
(d) 24.

3. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1850.

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the last time it had rained in London?
(a) Middle of July.
(b) End of July.
(c) First of August.
(d) Middle of August.

5. In The Night-Soil Men, what year was it?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1839.

Short Answer Questions

1. On September 4, in the three days since the outbreak, how many residents of well-to-do houses had died?

2. In the chapter that takes place on September 4, what corpses were disturbed when the new sewers were built?

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

4. In 1842 in Bethnal Green was was the average life expectancy for the working poor?

5. By September 4, how many workers at the Lion Brewery had contracted cholera?

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