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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 The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?

2. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?

3. In The Night-Soil Men, what year was it?

4. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?

5. Which of Charles Dickens' novels had scene a where a team of toshers took coins from a corpse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is cholera spread?

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

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

4. What did the night-soil men do and what were they paid?

5. In The Investigator, who was the famous patient who chose Snow to administer chloroform during childbirth and why?

6. In The Night-Soil Men, what type of specialists emerged to take care of waste removal?

7. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, why did the author say that it was surprising how many livestock lived in densely packed neighborhood?

8. Who was John Snow?

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

10. On September 4, what groups of people were spared from the cholera outbreak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry Whitehead made vital contributions to the investigation of the cholera outbreak in 1854. What were his contributions, and how did his contributions influence authorities to accept the waterborne theory of cholera?

Essay Topic 2

Johnson referred to London’s underclass of scavengers as the canary in a mine. Why did Johnson compare the scavengers to a canary in a mine, and how did scavengers in that role disprove the idea that exposure to odors caused cholera outbreaks?

Essay Topic 3

The author believes that there are many benefits to urban living. What benefits does the author see that result from urban living, and how do these benefits benefit humans and the planet?

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