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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Broad Street Revisted.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pages of "Sedgwick's Principles of Sanitary Science and Public Health" mention the Board of Health verdict of the Broad Street outbreak?
(a) A couple.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) None.

2. In Building the Case, how long does it take the V. cholerae bacteria to die off in distilled water?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) A matter of hours.
(d) Few days.

3. In Building the Case, of the 83 deaths recorded on Farr's list, how many of those were in houses that were closer to the Broad Street pump than any other water source?
(a) 80.
(b) 59.
(c) 67.
(d) 73.

4. Which of Charles Dickens' novels had scene a where a team of toshers took coins from a corpse?
(a) Bleak House.
(b) Out Mutual Friend.
(c) Little Dorrit.
(d) Hard Times.

5. In The Epilogue, what was the birthrate per woman in Third World countries in the 1970s?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what ailment did Snow administer chloroform to a patient on September 6?

2. In The Ghost Map, when the new sewer system was designed, when was sewage discharged into the Thames?

3. In the Epilogue, what country had their poultry workers vaccinated with the flu shot?

4. When did Snow first share his map at a meeting of the Epidemiological Society?

5. In 1842, what was the average age of death for the well-to-do male?

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