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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. Approximately when did pottery emerge?
(a) 1000 BCE.
(b) 8000 BCE.
(c) 2000 BCE.
(d) 6000 BCE.

2. By around what time did coffee use reach Mecca and Cairo?
(a) 1525.
(b) 15550.
(c) 1600.
(d) 1510.

3. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?
(a) King Ramesses II.
(b) King Menkaure.
(c) King Mentuhotep I.
(d) King Tutankhamun.

4. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?
(a) One gallon.
(b) Two liters.
(c) One liter.
(d) Three liters.

5. The pictogram from a seal found at Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia that shows two figures drinking beer through straws dates to approximately what age?
(a) 2000 BCE.
(b) 1000 BCE.
(c) 6000 BCE.
(d) 4000 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the boiling point of alcohol?

2. In whose honor was Virginia named?

3. What was Prince Henrique of Portugal also known as?

4. Who came to power at the end of the English civil war after the dethronement and execution of King Charles I?

5. What word refers to a drinking horn in Ancient Greece?

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