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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. Approximately when was Egypt's ruler King Scorpion I buried?
(a) 4500 BCE.
(b) 3900 BCE.
(c) 3150 BCE.
(d) 1600 BCE.

2. When did Septimus Severus rise to power?
(a) 356 BCE.
(b) 59 BCE.
(c) 295 BCE.
(d) 193 CE.

3. Who wrote the poem to Catherine of Braganza for her birthday that discusses her love of tea?
(a) Edmund Waller.
(b) Arnald of Villanova.
(c) Richard Steele.
(d) Michael Puff von Schrick.

4. 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) Convivium.
(b) Hesiod.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Komos.

5. The author notes in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome" that what most distinguished the Greek approach to wine from that of other cultures was the practice of doing what?
(a) Burning off the alcohol in wine before consumption.
(b) Distilling wine into brandy before consumption.
(c) Mixing wine with water before consumption.
(d) Toasting cheers before consumption.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the professor of the French medical school of Montpellier who produced instructions for distilling win around 1300?

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

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

4. What word refers to repeated distillation that creates highly concentrated ethanol?

5. What is the name of the medical treatise that Emperor Shen Nung wrote?

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