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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: "Coffee in the Age of Reason".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what Sumerian city comes the oldest surviving record of the use of alcohol in medicine?
(a) Ur.
(b) Nippur.
(c) Uruk.
(d) Eshnunna.

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

3. What word refers to a Roman banquet?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Symphonia.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Convivium.

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

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?
(a) Komos.
(b) Hesiod.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Convivium.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Society of Lloyds established?

2. When did Britain defeat the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar?

3. What does the author refer to as the world's first literary work in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?

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

5. Who was Ashurnasirpal II's son seen in an obelisk standing beneath a parasol in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

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