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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: "Coffee in the Age of Reason".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Tatler magazine founded?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1717.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1709.

2. Who is the Sufi scholar who is often attributed to the practice of making coffee berries into a drink?
(a) Thomas Macauley.
(b) Kha'ir Beg.
(c) Muhammad al-Dhabhani.
(d) Jabir ibn Hayyan.

3. When did the Mayflower set out for America?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1620.
(c) 1702.
(d) 1616.

4. What popular drinking game in Ancient Greece involved flicking the last remaining drops of wine from a cup at a specific target?
(a) Komos.
(b) Convivium.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Kottabos.

5. Who wrote the first printed book about distillation in 1478?
(a) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(b) Arnald of Villanova.
(c) Johannes Gutenberg.
(d) Jabir ibn Hayyan.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the first millennium AD, Cordoba was the capital of Arab Andalusia, which is now what region?

2. How many skins of wine did Ashurnasirpal II serve at his massive banquet described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

3. In what is Sahti brewed?

4. Who came to power at the end of the English civil war after the dethronement and execution of King Charles I?

5. When did Richard MacRagh-naill die from overconsumption of alcohol?

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