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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: "Tea and the British Empire".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what year did Urok in Mesopotamia have a population of around 50,000, according to the author in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?
(a) 3000 BCE.
(b) 2000 BCE.
(c) 1500 BCE.
(d) 1000 BCE.

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

3. When did Thomas Twining open a tea shop next door to his coffeehouse in London?
(a) 1698.
(b) 1717.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1789.

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

5. In whose honor was Virginia named?
(a) Queen Mary I.
(b) Arnald of Villanova.
(c) Queen Elizabeth I.
(d) Johannes Gutenberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nineteenth-century historian wrote History of England?

2. When was the Dutch East India Company dissolved?

3. What is the boiling point of water?

4. What clockmaker assisted Richard Arkwright in developing the first spinning mill powered by horses?

5. What is the boiling point of alcohol?

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