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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 author of Gastronomia?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Archestratus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Hesiod.

2. What Greek word refers to a form of ritual exhibitionism wherein the members of a drinking group would course through the streets in nocturnal revelry to emphasize the strength and unity of their group?
(a) Convivium.
(b) Barbaroi.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Komos.

3. When was the Tang dynasty?
(a) 569-623 CE.
(b) 909-1002 CE.
(c) 618-907 CE.
(d) 709-1000 CE.

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

5. On what ship was Richard Ligon aboard when he caught his first glimpse of Barbados?
(a) The Zypher.
(b) The Achilles.
(c) The Mary.
(d) The Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the first animals that were domesticated throughout the Fertile Crescent between 7000 BCE and 5000 BCE?

2. Who is the Greek comic poet who is quoted in the opening of Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

3. When did the Mayflower set out for America?

4. What ingredient used by Mesopotamian brewers refers to beer-bread?

5. What beer created by the Incas was offered to the rising sun in a golden cup and then poured onto the ground as an offering to the gods of the Earth?

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