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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. Where did Noah plant the first vineyard after being saved by the flood, according to the Bible?
(a) Mount Ararat.
(b) Mount Shasta.
(c) Mount Kilimanjaro.
(d) Mount Everest.

2. When was the Tang dynasty?
(a) 709-1000 CE.
(b) 909-1002 CE.
(c) 618-907 CE.
(d) 569-623 CE.

3. When did the fall of Carthage occur at the end of the Third Punic War?
(a) 368 BCE.
(b) 212 BCE.
(c) 146 BCE.
(d) 120 BCE.

4. Who was Ashurnasirpal II's son seen in an obelisk standing beneath a parasol in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) Sargon II.
(b) Shalmaneser III.
(c) Esarhaddon.
(d) Tiglath-Pileser III.

5. What does "aqua vitae" translate to in English?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Tea.
(c) Water of life.
(d) Water of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?

2. What was Prince Henrique of Portugal also known as?

3. Where did Richard Arkwright develop the first modern factory based around a spinning wheel powered by a waterwheel?

4. What Roman satirist of the early second century CE is quoted in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

5. Who wrote The Classic of Tea in 780?

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