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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6: "Coca-Cola and the Rise of America".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?
(a) Poems and short stoies.
(b) Epic hunting stories.
(c) Wage lists and tax receipts.
(d) Plays and novels.

2. When did Thomas Twining open a tea shop next door to his coffeehouse in London?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1717.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1698.

3. Approximately how long ago did humans begin migrating out of Africa?
(a) 50,000 years ago.
(b) 10,000 years ago.
(c) 5,000 years ago.
(d) 25,000 years ago.

4. What was Prince Henrique of Portugal also known as?
(a) Prince Henry the Beer Drinker.
(b) Prince Henry the Bad.
(c) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(d) Prince Henry the Good.

5. Where were coffee plantations first successfully developed by the Dutch East India Company in the 1690s?
(a) China.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) Singapore.
(d) Java.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Rome sack the Greek colony of Syracuse?

2. In what periodical did the first Coca-Cola ad appear?

3. In what publication did social commentator and writer Mary Gay Humphreys describe the merits of soda water in 1891?

4. At the height of the British Empire, how much of the world's surface was ruled by the British?

5. Where did Benjamin Silliman begin selling bottled water in 1807?

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