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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 coffeehouse is described in Robert Hooke's diary from 1674?
(a) Garraway's.
(b) O'Connell's.
(c) Weinstein's.
(d) Harry's.

2. What eighth-century Arab scholar is remembered as one of the fathers of chemistry and the creator of an improved form of distillation apparatus?
(a) Johannes Gutenberg.
(b) Arnald of Villanova.
(c) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(d) Jabir ibn Hayyan.

3. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?
(a) Iraq.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Egypt.

4. Approximately when did anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens emerge in Africa?
(a) 50,000 years ago.
(b) 150,000 years ago.
(c) 200,000 years ago.
(d) 500,000 years ago.

5. What was Prince Henrique of Portugal also known as?
(a) Prince Henry the Good.
(b) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(c) Prince Henry the Beer Drinker.
(d) Prince Henry the Bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Sufi scholar who is often attributed to the practice of making coffee berries into a drink?

2. What does "aqua ardens" translate to in English?

3. What German doctor published a tract in 1635 denouncing tea?

4. When was the Ming dynasty in control?

5. Who was the author of Gastronomia?

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