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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. What word refers to a Roman banquet?
(a) Symphonia.
(b) Barbaroi.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Convivium.

2. When did the Boston Tea Party take place?
(a) 1770.
(b) 1771.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1773.

3. What coffeehouse is described in Robert Hooke's diary from 1674?
(a) Garraway's.
(b) Weinstein's.
(c) O'Connell's.
(d) Harry's.

4. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?
(a) Charles the Bad.
(b) Charles the Good.
(c) Charles the Brave.
(d) Charles the Arrogant.

5. When did the Great Fire of London occur?
(a) 1666.
(b) 1702.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1692.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. From what Sumerian city comes the oldest surviving record of the use of alcohol in medicine?

4. Approximately when did pottery emerge?

5. When was Virginia first established by the British as a permanent settlement in the New World?

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