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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Monday, September 4: That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Investigator, how old is John Snow?
(a) 39.
(b) 51.
(c) 42.
(d) 60.

2. When were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?
(a) 500 A.D.
(b) Around 500 B.C.
(c) After 40 A.D.
(d) 1241 B.C.

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

4. By September 4, how many workers at the Eley Brothers factory had gotten cholera?
(a) More than 2 dozen.
(b) 35.
(c) 18.
(d) About 20.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what had been the temperature for several straight days?

2. How long did Queen Victoria inhale chloroform when she had her eighth child?

3. When did the Earl of Craven purchase a block of land called Soho Field?

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

5. How old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

(see the answer key)

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