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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. When did the Mayflower set out for America?
(a) 1620.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1600.
(d) 1702.

2. When did the Revolutionary War begin?
(a) 1765.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1779.

3. Where did the magnetic compass originate?
(a) China.
(b) India.
(c) England.
(d) France.

4. When was the London penny post established?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1680.
(d) 1703.

5. When did Charles II take the throne of England, restoring the monarchy?
(a) 1680.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1660.
(d) 1670.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when did humankind adopt the process of farming, beginning with the domestication of cereal grains?

2. When was the Molasses Act passed in London?

3. In what mountain region was wine likely first produced in the Neothilic period, according to the author in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

4. With how many wine jars was King Scorpion I buried?

5. When was the Tatler magazine founded?

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