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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Buddhist monk that wrote a book about the health benefits of tea and is credited with bringing this knowledge to Japan in 1191?
(a) Kha'ir Beg.
(b) Lu Yu.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Eisai.

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

3. When did the American Civil War end?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1895.

4. Who did Asa Candler grant permission to bottle and sell Coca-Cola in 1899?
(a) Benjamin Thomas and Joseph Whitehead.
(b) Christopher Wren and Thomas Jordan.
(c) Richard Steele and Thomas Macauley.
(d) James Edwards and Richard Wilkinson.

5. What was the first of the tea gardens to open in London?
(a) Westchester Gardens.
(b) Aux Ville Gardens.
(c) Windsor Gardens.
(d) Vauxhall Gardens.

6. What composer wrote a "Coffee-Cantana" satirizing those who unsuccessfully opposed coffee on medical grounds?
(a) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(b) Daniel Edwards.
(c) Johann Sebasian Bach.
(d) Thomas Macauley.

7. When was NATO established?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1953.

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

9. For how much money did Asa Candler secure the rights to Coca-Cola?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $2,300.
(c) $10,005.
(d) $5,670.

10. Where did John Pemberton live and work as a pharmacist?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) New Haven, Connecticut.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) New York, New York.

11. As a result of the trial in The United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of CocaCola, the company promised not to use children in its advertisements. They maintained this policy until what year?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1992.

12. When was the Tatler magazine founded?
(a) 1689.
(b) 1717.
(c) 1709.
(d) 1800.

13. What Dutch doctor championed tea and its benefits in 1641?
(a) Thomas Jordan.
(b) Edmund Waller.
(c) Nikolas Dirx.
(d) Michael Puff von Schrick.

14. Who was the founder of Taoism?
(a) Siddhartha Gautama.
(b) Kha'ir Beg.
(c) Lao-tzu.
(d) Jabir ibn Hayyan.

15. When did Charles II take the throne of England, restoring the monarchy?
(a) 1700.
(b) 1660.
(c) 1670.
(d) 1680.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the London penny post established?

2. When is Emperor Shen Nung's reign traditionally dated?

3. When was the Principia published?

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

5. Who was the English merchant that set up Pasqua Rosee in business operating a coffeehouse?

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