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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 was the author of Gastronomia?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Archestratus.

2. Who was the professor of the French medical school of Montpellier who produced instructions for distilling win around 1300?
(a) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(b) Johannes Gutenberg.
(c) Arnald of Villanova.
(d) Jabir ibn Hayyan.

3. When did the Boston Tea Party take place?
(a) 1770.
(b) 1773.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1771.

4. When was Homer's Odyssey written?
(a) Seventh century BCE.
(b) Sixth century BCE.
(c) Fourth century BCE.
(d) Eighth century BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did King Charles II issue a "Proclamation for the suppression of Coffee-houses"?

2. What word refers to a drinking horn in Ancient Greece?

3. What is the boiling point of alcohol?

4. Who wrote the first printed book about distillation in 1478?

5. The great feast of King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome" was to mark the inauguration of his new capital in what city?

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