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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6: "Coca-Cola and the Rise of America".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Jacob of Lebanon open the first coffeeshop in western Europe?
(a) Manchester.
(b) London.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Paris.

2. When did the first advertisement for Coca-Cola appear?
(a) March 6, 1888.
(b) September 13, 1880.
(c) June 12, 1901.
(d) May 29, 1886.

3. Who was the English merchant that set up Pasqua Rosee in business operating a coffeehouse?
(a) Daniel Edwards.
(b) Oliver Cromwell.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Thomas Macauley.

4. When did the Revolutionary War begin?
(a) 1765.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1775.

5. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?
(a) One gallon.
(b) Two liters.
(c) One liter.
(d) Three liters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1557, the Chinese authorities allowed the Portuguese to establish a trading post on what tiny peninsula in the Canton estuary?

3. Approximately when did anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens emerge in Africa?

4. What coffeehouse is described in Robert Hooke's diary from 1674?

5. Where did the magnetic compass originate?

(see the answer key)

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