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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. For how much money did Asa Candler secure the rights to Coca-Cola?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $2,300.
(c) $10,005.
(d) $5,670.

2. Approximately when did pottery emerge?
(a) 6000 BCE.
(b) 8000 BCE.
(c) 2000 BCE.
(d) 1000 BCE.

3. Who wrote the first printed book about distillation in 1478?
(a) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(b) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(c) Johannes Gutenberg.
(d) Arnald of Villanova.

4. What were the first animals that were domesticated throughout the Fertile Crescent between 7000 BCE and 5000 BCE?
(a) Chickens and dogs.
(b) Cats and horses.
(c) Cows and pigs.
(d) Sheep and goats.

5. The author states in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt" that during the construction of the Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the standard ration for a laborer was three or four loaves of bread and about how many jugs containing around four liters of beer?
(a) Nine.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the boiling point of alcohol?

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?

3. Approximately when was Egypt's ruler King Scorpion I buried?

4. What was the Mongol capital where Mangu Khan installed a silver drinking fountain?

5. What beer did the Aztecs offer to Mayahuel, the goddess of fertility?

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