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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. Which college did Henry Whitehead attend at Oxford?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Kellogg.
(c) Exeter.
(d) Mansfield.

2. About how many people were part of the London scavengers in The Night-Soil Men?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 80,000.

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

4. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?
(a) 5-10 miles.
(b) 25-35 miles.
(c) 20-30 miles.
(d) 15-20 miles.

5. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1874.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Henry Whitehead share a room?

2. In The Night-Soil Men, what hours did the night-soil men work?

3. What did John Snow's father do for a living?

4. When did Snow earn his bachelor of medicine degree from the University of London?

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

(see the answer key)

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