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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: "Tea and the British Empire".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?
(a) Riesling.
(b) Sauvignon blanc.
(c) Falernian.
(d) Chardonnay.

2. When was one of the greatest feasts of history given by King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria?
(a) 620 BCE.
(b) 980 BCE.
(c) 870 BCE.
(d) 230 BCE.

3. When did Alexander the Great die from a mysterious illness?
(a) 629 BCE.
(b) 159 BCE.
(c) 323 BCE.
(d) 235 BCE.

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

5. At the end of the first millennium AD, Cordoba was the capital of Arab Andalusia, which is now what region?
(a) Southern Spain.
(b) Southern France.
(c) Northern France.
(d) Northern Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?

2. What is the name of the medical treatise that Emperor Shen Nung wrote?

3. In what is Sahti brewed?

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

5. What beer created by the Incas was offered to the rising sun in a golden cup and then poured onto the ground as an offering to the gods of the Earth?

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