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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the toshers wear?
(a) Waders.
(b) Corduroy jackets.
(c) Velveteen coats.
(d) Leather boots.

2. When was the first demonstration of ether in Boston?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1845.

3. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1861.

4. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1848.

5. Where was St. Luke's Church located in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?
(a) Hanover Street.
(b) Broad Street.
(c) Berwick Street.
(d) Regent Street.

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

7. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many sheep would the main livestock market at Smithfield regularly sell in two days?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 30,000.

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

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

10. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?
(a) 15-20 miles.
(b) 5-10 miles.
(c) 25-35 miles.
(d) 20-30 miles.

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

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

13. When did Snow's paper on the use of arsenic in the preservation of cadavers appeared in "The Lancet"?
(a) 1840.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1841.

14. In 1842 in Bethnal Green was was the average life expectancy for the working poor?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 34.
(d) 16.

15. In The Night-Soil Men, how long would it take a bone-picker go go over his rounds?
(a) 7-9 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 6-8 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In The Investigator, how many blocks were ravished by cholera?

3. By September 4, how many workers at the Lion Brewery had contracted cholera?

4. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?

5. In The Night-Soil Men, how many corpses were packed into a burial ground in Islington?

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