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

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

3. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?
(a) David Morris.
(b) John James.
(c) Peter Franklin.
(d) William Sproat.

4. In 1854, what was the population of London?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 2 1/2 million.
(c) 1 1/2 million.
(d) 3 million.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what had been the temperature for several straight days?
(a) 90s.
(b) 60s.
(c) 80s.
(d) 70s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, who went up in a hot-air balloon to examine the entire city of London?

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

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many citizens were inmates at the St. James Workhouse?

4. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?

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

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