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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 did Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu introduce coffee to the French West Indes?
(a) 1723.
(b) 1689.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1756.

2. When did Britain defeat the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar?
(a) 1779.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1900.

3. When did France's first coffeehouse open?
(a) 1710.
(b) 1671.
(c) 1719.
(d) 1690.

4. In stories of the origins of coffee, the author describes a man named Omar who was condemned to die of starvation in the desert outside of what city in Yemen?
(a) Taiz.
(b) Mocha.
(c) Aden.
(d) Sana'a.

5. Who came to power at the end of the English civil war after the dethronement and execution of King Charles I?
(a) Oliver Cromwell.
(b) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(c) Kha'ir Beg.
(d) Thomas Macauley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the founding editor of the Tatler magazine?

2. When was the Molasses Act passed in London?

3. Approximately when was Egypt's ruler King Scorpion I buried?

4. Approximately how long ago did humans begin migrating out of Africa?

5. When was Homer's Odyssey written?

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