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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the year 1000, how many people lived in Rome?

3. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?

4. In That Is To Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, how long did it take the newapapers to report the cholera outbreak?

5. How long of a pole did toshers carry in The Night-Soil Men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were mortality rates in 1842?

2. How is cholera spread?

3. How did the growth of tea drinkers help population growth?

4. When and where was ether first introduced, and when was it first available in London?

5. In The Investigator, what device did Snow create with instrument maker Daniel Ferguson to control the dosage of ether?

6. Why was the cholera outbreak in Golden Square unusual?

7. Why are the bacteria-driven processes of decomposition important?

8. In That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, what did Sir Richard Phillips predict in 1813 about London?

9. On September 4, what did Whitehead hear residents saying about the cause of the cholera outbreak?

10. How was the cholera outbreak that hit New York City reported in 1832, and how did the reports of the outbreak affect the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When humans began to drink tea, lifespans increased. How did drinking tea keep people healthier, and what was the connection between drinking tea and longer lifespans?

Essay Topic 2

In The Ghost Map, John Snow became an investigator of the causes of cholera. How did Snow’s background, education, interests, and work make him an investigator?

Essay Topic 3

The author said it would be tempting to set Snow up as the solitary genius who discarded conventional wisdom and used his intellect to solve a problem. How did Snow solve the mystery of cholera transmission, and what does that reveal about the way that most intellectual breakthroughs occur?

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