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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 A Broadside Against Coffee published?
(a) 1658.
(b) 1672.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1702.

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

3. When did Septimus Severus rise to power?
(a) 59 BCE.
(b) 356 BCE.
(c) 295 BCE.
(d) 193 CE.

4. When did Charles II take the throne of England, restoring the monarchy?
(a) 1700.
(b) 1670.
(c) 1680.
(d) 1660.

5. When did Charles II marry Catherine of Braganza?
(a) 1662.
(b) 1698.
(c) 1651.
(d) 1702.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did France's first coffeehouse open?

2. What component of tea has been found in modern research to kill the bacteria that cause cholera, typhoid, and dysentery?

3. Who developed the printing press in the 1430s?

4. When did Thomas Twining open a tea shop next door to his coffeehouse in London?

5. What does the author refer to as the world's first literary work in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?

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