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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. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Hesiod.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

2. When was the Principia published?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1723.
(c) 1687.
(d) 1697.

3. Who is the sun god in Egyptian mythology?
(a) Iris.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Hathor.
(d) Ra.

4. When was Virginia first established by the British as a permanent settlement in the New World?
(a) 1678.
(b) 1607.
(c) 1623.
(d) 1600.

5. Around the eighth century BCE, the Greek-speaking peoples referred to non-Greek speakers as what?
(a) Barbaroi.
(b) Evdomada.
(c) Simera.
(d) Etos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?

2. Who wrote the Principia?

3. From what Sumerian city comes the oldest surviving record of the use of alcohol in medicine?

4. How many people are officially recorded as having attended the feast for King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

5. What is the name of the species of evergreen shrub whose leaves are used to produce tea?

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