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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 sugar originate?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Polynesia.
(c) France.
(d) South Africa.

2. How many skins of wine did Ashurnasirpal II serve at his massive banquet described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) 10,000 skins.
(b) 1,000 skins.
(c) 5,000 skins.
(d) 20,000 skins.

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

4. When did Britain defeat the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1818.

5. What is the boiling point of water?
(a) 56 degrees centigrade.
(b) 100 degrees centigrade.
(c) 78 degrees centigrade.
(d) 58 degrees centigrade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who united the Greeks and defeated Persia in the fourth century BCE?

2. Who wrote the poem to Catherine of Braganza for her birthday that discusses her love of tea?

3. What word refers to a drinking horn in Ancient Greece?

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

5. Who wrote the first printed book about distillation in 1478?

(see the answer key)

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