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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. When did Alexander the Great die from a mysterious illness?
(a) 235 BCE.
(b) 323 BCE.
(c) 629 BCE.
(d) 159 BCE.

2. From approximately when does "The Ebers Papyrus" date?
(a) 1550 BCE.
(b) 1200 BCE.
(c) 1700 BCE.
(d) 1100 BCE.

3. What were the first animals that were domesticated throughout the Fertile Crescent between 7000 BCE and 5000 BCE?
(a) Sheep and goats.
(b) Cows and pigs.
(c) Chickens and dogs.
(d) Cats and horses.

4. Who is the Sufi scholar who is often attributed to the practice of making coffee berries into a drink?
(a) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(b) Kha'ir Beg.
(c) Muhammad al-Dhabhani.
(d) Thomas Macauley.

5. What composer wrote a "Coffee-Cantana" satirizing those who unsuccessfully opposed coffee on medical grounds?
(a) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(b) Thomas Macauley.
(c) Daniel Edwards.
(d) Johann Sebasian Bach.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what ship was Richard Ligon aboard when he caught his first glimpse of Barbados?

2. Approximately when did anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens emerge in Africa?

3. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?

4. Who was Alexander the Great's father?

5. What does "aqua vitae" translate to in English?

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