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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. When was the Sugar Act passed at the end of the French and Indian War?
(a) 1782.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1764.
(d) 1769.

2. What Greek word refers to a form of ritual exhibitionism wherein the members of a drinking group would course through the streets in nocturnal revelry to emphasize the strength and unity of their group?
(a) Convivium.
(b) Barbaroi.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Komos.

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

4. When was the Tatler magazine founded?
(a) 1709.
(b) 1717.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1689.

5. Who was the Buddhist monk that wrote a book about the health benefits of tea and is credited with bringing this knowledge to Japan in 1191?
(a) Kha'ir Beg.
(b) Eisai.
(c) Lu Yu.
(d) Jabir ibn Hayyan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?

2. When did Rome sack the Greek colony of Syracuse?

3. What local governer in Mecca put coffee on trial in June of 1511?

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

5. When did France's first coffeehouse open?

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