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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: "Tea and the British Empire".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the first English settlers arrive in Barbados and find the island uninhabited?
(a) 1635.
(b) 1627.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1702.

2. Who developed the printing press in the 1430s?
(a) Arnald of Villanova.
(b) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(c) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(d) Johannes Gutenberg.

3. The word "Rumbillion" was a slang word from southern England meaning what?
(a) A man.
(b) A brawl.
(c) A carriage.
(d) A horse.

4. With how many wine jars was King Scorpion I buried?
(a) 300.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 700.

5. At the end of the first millennium AD, Cordoba was the capital of Arab Andalusia, which is now what region?
(a) Northern France.
(b) Southern France.
(c) Southern Spain.
(d) Northern Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did sugar originate?

2. What does "aqua vitae" translate to in English?

3. Who wrote The Classic of Tea in 780?

4. What eighth-century Arab scholar is remembered as one of the fathers of chemistry and the creator of an improved form of distillation apparatus?

5. What Greek word refers to a form of ritual exhibitionism wherein the members of a drinking group would course through the streets in nocturnal revelry to emphasize the strength and unity of their group?

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