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

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

3. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?
(a) Wage lists and tax receipts.
(b) Plays and novels.
(c) Epic hunting stories.
(d) Poems and short stoies.

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

5. What Dutch doctor championed tea and its benefits in 1641?
(a) Thomas Jordan.
(b) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(c) Edmund Waller.
(d) Nikolas Dirx.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?

2. The earliest physical evidence of wine production comes from red residue in a pottery jar that has been dated to approximately what year?

3. What enzymes convert starch within grain into maltose sugar, or malt?

4. When was the Dutch East India Company dissolved?

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

(see the answer key)

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