View a FREE sample

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. What popular drinking game in Ancient Greece involved flicking the last remaining drops of wine from a cup at a specific target?
(a) Kottabos.
(b) Convivium.
(c) Komos.
(d) Barbaroi.

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

3. What is the boiling point of water?
(a) 56 degrees centigrade.
(b) 78 degrees centigrade.
(c) 58 degrees centigrade.
(d) 100 degrees centigrade.

4. The word "Rumbillion" was a slang word from southern England meaning what?
(a) A man.
(b) A carriage.
(c) A horse.
(d) A brawl.

5. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?
(a) 3400 BCE.
(b) 1500 BCE.
(c) 2300 BCE.
(d) 4500 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the human body is comprised of water?

2. 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?

3. Where did France's first coffeehouse open?

4. When did the Great Fire of London occur?

5. Where did sugar originate?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 155 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample