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

2. When was Virginia first established by the British as a permanent settlement in the New World?
(a) 1623.
(b) 1678.
(c) 1607.
(d) 1600.

3. What word refers to a drinking horn in Ancient Greece?
(a) Rhyton.
(b) Cylix.
(c) Krater.
(d) Cantharos.

4. When did the Boston Tea Party take place?
(a) 1771.
(b) 1770.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1775.

5. What Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?
(a) Falernian.
(b) Riesling.
(c) Sauvignon blanc.
(d) Chardonnay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ashurnasirpal II's son seen in an obelisk standing beneath a parasol in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

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

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

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

5. What is the boiling point of water?

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