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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: "Coffee in the Age of Reason".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came to power at the end of the English civil war after the dethronement and execution of King Charles I?
(a) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(b) Oliver Cromwell.
(c) Thomas Macauley.
(d) Kha'ir Beg.

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

3. In stories of the origins of coffee, the author describes a man named Omar who was condemned to die of starvation in the desert outside of what city in Yemen?
(a) Mocha.
(b) Taiz.
(c) Sana'a.
(d) Aden.

4. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?
(a) Oasis.
(b) Hekt.
(c) Isis.
(d) Cartouche.

5. Who is the god of wine in Greek mythology?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Athena.
(c) Ares.
(d) Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What local governer in Mecca put coffee on trial in June of 1511?

2. What playwright wrote The Bacchae?

3. When did the Great Fire of London occur?

4. Where did France's first coffeehouse open?

5. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?

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