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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sunday, September 3: The Investigator.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Snow's paper on the use of arsenic in the preservation of cadavers appeared in "The Lancet"?
(a) 1838.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1840.

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how long after the Lewis baby fell ill did life in Golden Square continue as usual?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 days.

3. When did Snow earn his bachelor of medicine degree from the University of London?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1844.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the toshers wear?

2. When did Thomas Latta come up with a water cure for cholera?

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

4. By Sunday morning, how many people had died in the last 24hours?

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

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