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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Sufi scholar who is often attributed to the practice of making coffee berries into a drink?

2. When did France's first coffeehouse open?

3. When did the posters featuring Santa Claus drinking Coca-Cola first appear?

4. When did the Great Fire of London occur?

5. When did Lydia E. Pinkham die?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the first Europeans travel to China? How and where did they establish trade?

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

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

4. When did John Pemberton first create the beverage that would become Coca-Cola? How was it first sold?

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

6. What are the components of the coca plant? Where does it grow?

7. How was Coca-Cola promoted during World War II?

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

9. What are the medicinal values of tea?

10. How does coffee relate to the French Revolution?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the historical period called the Enlightenment. When did this age take place? Where did it arise? What are the major figures of this period? What beverage does the author associate with the Enlightenment?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution through the lens of beverages. How did different beverages influence the American colonists' response to Great Britain? How did the war itself influence beverages consumed in the early United States?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of beer in Ancient Egypt. How was beer made in Egypt? What was its economic value? What religious or mythological roles did beer play?

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