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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 does "aqua vitae" translate to in English?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Water of death.
(c) Water of life.
(d) Tea.

2. When did Charles II marry Catherine of Braganza?
(a) 1698.
(b) 1651.
(c) 1702.
(d) 1662.

3. In what is Sahti brewed?
(a) Seashells.
(b) Copper urns.
(c) Hollowed-out trees.
(d) Silver urns.

4. Who wrote "News from the Coffee-House" in 1667?
(a) Daniel Edwards.
(b) Thomas Macauley.
(c) Richard Steele.
(d) Thomas Jordan.

5. When did the custom of drinking coffee first become popular in Yemen?
(a) The mid-seventeenth century.
(b) The mid-fifteenth century.
(c) The mid-sixteenth century.
(d) The mid-fourteenth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did coffehouses begin opening in Britain?

2. What is the boiling point of alcohol?

3. When was A Broadside Against Coffee published?

4. How many people are officially recorded as having attended the feast for King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

5. When did the first English settlers arrive in Barbados and find the island uninhabited?

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