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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. At the end of the first millennium AD, Cordoba was the capital of Arab Andalusia, which is now what region?
(a) Southern France.
(b) Northern Spain.
(c) Southern Spain.
(d) Northern France.

2. In what mountain region was wine likely first produced in the Neothilic period, according to the author in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) The Alps.
(b) The Andes Mountains.
(c) The Zagros Mountains.
(d) The Himalayan Mountains.

3. Who developed the printing press in the 1430s?
(a) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(b) Arnald of Villanova.
(c) Johannes Gutenberg.
(d) Michael Puff von Schrick.

4. Who was the English merchant that set up Pasqua Rosee in business operating a coffeehouse?
(a) Thomas Macauley.
(b) Oliver Cromwell.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Daniel Edwards.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Boston Tea Party take place?

2. What was Admiral Edward Vernon's nickname?

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

4. Who was Ashurnasirpal II's son seen in an obelisk standing beneath a parasol in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

5. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?

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