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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6: "Coca-Cola and the Rise of America".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?
(a) 12,000 years ago.
(b) 9,000 years ago.
(c) 5,000 years ago.
(d) 18,000 years ago.

3. What was the Mongol capital where Mangu Khan installed a silver drinking fountain?
(a) Eisai.
(b) Karakorum.
(c) Akrotokon.
(d) Nissai.

4. What Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?
(a) Chardonnay.
(b) Sauvignon blanc.
(c) Falernian.
(d) Riesling.

5. When did the first advertisement for Coca-Cola appear?
(a) March 6, 1888.
(b) May 29, 1886.
(c) September 13, 1880.
(d) June 12, 1901.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?

2. What local governer in Mecca put coffee on trial in June of 1511?

3. When did the Mayflower set out for America?

4. What is the name of the species of evergreen shrub whose leaves are used to produce tea?

5. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?

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