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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 is the sun god in Egyptian mythology?
(a) Hathor.
(b) Iris.
(c) Ra.
(d) Osiris.

2. When did the Great Fire of London occur?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1666.
(c) 1692.
(d) 1689.

3. What nineteenth-century historian wrote History of England?
(a) Richard Steele.
(b) Christopher Wren.
(c) Thomas Jordan.
(d) Thomas Macauley.

4. 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"?
(a) The Himalayan Mountains.
(b) The Zagros Mountains.
(c) The Alps.
(d) The Andes Mountains.

5. When did King Charles II issue a "Proclamation for the suppression of Coffee-houses"?
(a) July 4, 1695.
(b) January 12, 1682.
(c) May 12, 1703.
(d) December 29, 1675.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Britain defeat the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar?

2. What ingredient used by Mesopotamian brewers refers to beer-bread?

3. From approximately when does "The Ebers Papyrus" date?

4. When was the Society of Lloyds established?

5. Who wrote the Principia?

(see the answer key)

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