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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Francis Bacon's The New Logic published?
(a) 1700.
(b) 1659.
(c) 1702.
(d) 1620.

2. Who wrote the Principia?
(a) Richard Steele.
(b) Christopher Wren.
(c) Sir Isaac Newton.
(d) Thomas Macauley.

3. When did Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu introduce coffee to the French West Indes?
(a) 1689.
(b) 1723.
(c) 1756.
(d) 1802.

4. Where did Richard Arkwright develop the first modern factory based around a spinning wheel powered by a waterwheel?
(a) London.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Cromford.
(d) Oxford.

5. What composer wrote a "Coffee-Cantana" satirizing those who unsuccessfully opposed coffee on medical grounds?
(a) Thomas Macauley.
(b) Johann Sebasian Bach.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Daniel Edwards.

6. When did Charles II marry Catherine of Braganza?
(a) 1698.
(b) 1662.
(c) 1651.
(d) 1702.

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

8. When did the posters featuring Santa Claus drinking Coca-Cola first appear?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1931.

9. Who was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral in London?
(a) Richard Steele.
(b) Christopher Wren.
(c) Thomas Jordan.
(d) Thomas Macauley.

10. Who declared the British Empire in 1773 as an empire on which the sun never sets?
(a) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(b) Christopher Wren.
(c) Sir George Macartney.
(d) Thomas Jordan.

11. Where was Joseph Priestley from?
(a) London.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Liverpool.

12. Who was the Buddhist monk that wrote a book about the health benefits of tea and is credited with bringing this knowledge to Japan in 1191?
(a) Eisai.
(b) Kha'ir Beg.
(c) Lu Yu.
(d) Jabir ibn Hayyan.

13. What is the beverage koumiss derived from?
(a) Cow's milk.
(b) Goat's milk.
(c) Sheep's milk.
(d) Mare's milk.

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

15. When analyzed in the early twentieth century, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was found to contain what percentage of alcohol?
(a) 5-10%.
(b) 20-30%.
(c) 15-20%.
(d) 30-40%.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was NATO established?

2. When did Charles II take the throne of England, restoring the monarchy?

3. In stories of the origins of coffee, the author describes a man named Omar who was condemned to die of starvation in the desert outside of what city in Yemen?

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

5. What component of tea has been found in modern research to kill the bacteria that cause cholera, typhoid, and dysentery?

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