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

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many animals would a slaughterhouse at the edge of Soho on Marshall Street kill per day on average?
(a) 5 oxen and 7 sheep.
(b) 2 oxen and 6 sheep.
(c) 10 oxen and 12 sheep.
(d) 20 oxen and 23 sheep.

3. In 1854, where was the scientist from who discovered a small comma-shaped organism in the intestinal mucosa of a cholera victim?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

4. What did the Board of Health have put on the streets in All Smell is Disease?
(a) Bleach.
(b) Chloride of lime.
(c) Water and bleach.
(d) Salt.

5. In Building the Case, what was the career of St. Luke's scripture reader?
(a) Professor.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Grenadier guard.
(d) Grocer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Building the Case, within how many days did a tailor on Cross Street and his children die?

2. In 1843, where did a proposal want to have cast-iron sewers transport waste?

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

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

5. During the epidemics of the late 1840s and 1850s, how many Londoners would typically die of cholera in a matter of weeks?

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