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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Wednesday, September 6: Building the Case.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the year 1000, how many people lived in Rome?
(a) 90,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 85,000.

2. What did Farr give Snow when he visited the Registrar-General's office?
(a) List of victims.
(b) Names and address of those who died.
(c) Names of those who recovered.
(d) Advance copies of the number calculated for the next week.

3. In 1843, where did a proposal want to have cast-iron sewers transport waste?
(a) Cumbria and Suffolk.
(b) Kent and Essex.
(c) Surrey.
(d) Shropshire.

4. In All Smell is Disease, how did John Snow spend September 5?
(a) Analyzing water samples.
(b) Taking water samples to a chemist.
(c) Treating patients.
(d) Looking for patterns.

5. On September 4, in the three days since the outbreak, how many residents of well-to-do houses had died?
(a) Half.
(b) Quarter.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the mid-1800s, how many firms supplied water to London?

2. When was the first demonstration of ether in Boston?

3. By September 5, how many residents of the Golden Square neighborhood died in the last 5 days?

4. When did doctors begin recommending chloroform for the discomfort of childbirth?

5. In The Night-Soil Men, how long would it take a bone-picker go go over his rounds?

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