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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 does "aqua ardens" translate to in English?
(a) Love potion.
(b) Water of life.
(c) Bubbling water.
(d) Burning water.

2. Who united the Greeks and defeated Persia in the fourth century BCE?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Alexander the Great.

3. When did Chinese authorities outlaw the use of opium because of the problems with addiction?
(a) 1717.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1729.

4. When did Rome sack the Greek colony of Syracuse?
(a) 212 BCE.
(b) 169 BCE.
(c) 120 BCE.
(d) 356 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many chests of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party?

3. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?

4. When was Virginia first established by the British as a permanent settlement in the New World?

5. When was the inclusion of lemon or lime juice made compulsory in the creation of grog?

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