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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. The pictogram from a seal found at Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia that shows two figures drinking beer through straws dates to approximately what age?
(a) 4000 BCE.
(b) 1000 BCE.
(c) 2000 BCE.
(d) 6000 BCE.

2. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?
(a) Charles the Bad.
(b) Charles the Arrogant.
(c) Charles the Good.
(d) Charles the Brave.

3. When did Britain defeat the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar?
(a) 1779.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1805.

4. Who is the god of agriculture and the king of the afterlife in Ancient Egyptian mythology?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Maat.
(c) Nun.
(d) Osiris.

5. What composer wrote a "Coffee-Cantana" satirizing those who unsuccessfully opposed coffee on medical grounds?
(a) Daniel Edwards.
(b) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(c) Thomas Macauley.
(d) Johann Sebasian Bach.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?

2. When did France's first coffeehouse open?

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

4. When did coffehouses begin opening in Britain?

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

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