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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) France.
(b) Polynesia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) South Africa.

2. Who is the Greek comic poet who is quoted in the opening of Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Plato.

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

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

5. Who was the author of Gastronomia?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Archestratus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote The Classic of Tea in 780?

4. How many skins of wine did Ashurnasirpal II serve at his massive banquet described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

5. 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?

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