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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. Of what disease did John Pemberton die?
(a) Stomach cancer.
(b) Typhoid fever.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Brain cancer.

2. What is the beverage koumiss derived from?
(a) Cow's milk.
(b) Mare's milk.
(c) Sheep's milk.
(d) Goat's milk.

3. At the height of the British Empire, how much of the world's surface was ruled by the British?
(a) 1/5.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 2/3.

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

5. Where did France's first coffeehouse open?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Lyon.
(c) Marseille.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Great Fire of London occur?

2. Official imports of tea in Britain went from about six tons in 1699 to how much in 1799?

3. What Dutch doctor championed tea and its benefits in 1641?

4. When was the Tatler magazine founded?

5. When did the first advertisement for Coca-Cola appear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where and when did tea orignate as a beverage?

5. What was the British East India Company and when was it established?

6. What are kola nuts? Where did they originate?

7. What does the Enlightenment refer to?

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

9. How did Americans expand upon the manufacturing process during the Industrial Revolution?

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

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