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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 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?
(a) 432.
(b) 112.
(c) 50.
(d) 205.

2. During the epidemics of the late 1840s and 1850s, how many Londoners would typically die of cholera in a matter of weeks?
(a) 500.
(b) 450.
(c) 800.
(d) 1,000.

3. At the beginning of the 1800s, how much tea was imported to England?
(a) 5 tons.
(b) 7 tons.
(c) 4 tons.
(d) 6 tons.

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

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?
(a) 30 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 25 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?

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

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what day of the week did the Eley brothers take a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump to their mother?

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

5. In 1854, where was the scientist from who discovered a small comma-shaped organism in the intestinal mucosa of a cholera victim?

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