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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When was the Pure Food and Drug Act passed in the U.S.?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1925.

4. When did Lydia E. Pinkham die?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1883.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Joseph Priestley publish in 1772?

2. When was the Principia published?

3. When was the Dutch East India Company dissolved?

4. When did the American Civil War end?

5. Where did Thomas Henry begin a business selling carbonated water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are tea gardens and when did they emerge?

2. How did early tea shops in England differ from coffeehouses? How did this contribute to their success?

3. What three challenges faced Coca-Cola in the 1930s? How were these obstacles overcome?

4. What were the impacts of the Tea Act of 1773? What did the act entail?

5. What does the Scientific Revolution refer to?

6. When, where, and by whom was the first coffeehouse opened in London?

7. When did the Industrial Revolution take place? What did it entail?

8. What opposition did coffee face in the Muslim world?

9. How was coffee perceived by the scientific community when it first came into use in Europe?

10. What caused the Opium War of 1839-42? How did it end?

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