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

2. In "Sedgwick's Principles of Sanitary Science and Public Health", how many pages are devoted to the Broad Street outbreak?

3. In The Pump Handle, for what age children was getting water from the Broad Street pump a common chore?

4. In Building the Case, how many quarts of Broad Street water did a boy tell Whitehead he had drunk from the Broad Street pump?

5. In All Smell is Disease, what did the records Farr showed Snow reveal about the number of deaths in Soho between Thursday and Saturday?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Building the Case, what finally persuaded authorities that cholera was waterborne?

2. In The Pump Handle, why did Whitehead have a crucial edge in the cholera investigation?

3. How did Hall's instructions to the three-man committee investigating the cholera outbreak in The Pump Handle, tilt the results?

4. In Building the Case, what was the law of diffusion of gases?

5. In The Ghost Map, why was Edmund Cooper sent to investigate the Broad Street epidemic?

6. In The Ghost Map, what short-term impact might Snow's map have had?

7. Through the new sewer system, how much waste was deposited into the Thames and what was the result?

8. In Building the Case, what about the way that cholera affected the human body led Snow to believe that cholera was ingested and not inhaled?

9. In Building the Case, how would residents of Cross Street get to the Broad Street pump?

10. When and why would a tailor send one of his boys to get well water at the Broad Street pump in Building the Case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were many theories to explain how cholera was spread. What were the two main theories, and why was the miasma theory accepted by most authorities in spite of evidence to the contrary?

Essay Topic 2

Victorian medicine was still a developing field in 1854. What relationship was there between medicine and the scientific method in 1854? How did that affect the care of patients and treatment of diseases?

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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