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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the species of evergreen shrub whose leaves are used to produce tea?
(a) Somatic alleles.
(b) Camellia sinensis.
(c) Cordovina sinensis.
(d) Angelman synapses.

2. The silver fountain that Manga Khan installed in the Mongol capital dispensed koumiss, rice beer, grape wine, and what other beverage?
(a) Water.
(b) Soda water.
(c) Ginger beer.
(d) Mead.

3. Where did John Pemberton live and work as a pharmacist?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) New Haven, Connecticut.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) New York, New York.

4. When was NATO established?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1953.

5. What composer wrote a "Coffee-Cantana" satirizing those who unsuccessfully opposed coffee on medical grounds?
(a) Thomas Macauley.
(b) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(c) Johann Sebasian Bach.
(d) Daniel Edwards.

6. What was the first of the tea gardens to open in London?
(a) Westchester Gardens.
(b) Aux Ville Gardens.
(c) Vauxhall Gardens.
(d) Windsor Gardens.

7. What component of tea has been found in modern research to kill the bacteria that cause cholera, typhoid, and dysentery?
(a) Alcitic acid.
(b) Asorbic acid.
(c) Caffeine.
(d) Tannic acid.

8. How many chests of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party?
(a) 342.
(b) 212.
(c) 130.
(d) 569.

9. When was A Broadside Against Coffee published?
(a) 1658.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1672.
(d) 1702.

10. When was the distinctive glass bottle shape of Coca-Cola first introduced by the company?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1931.

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

12. When did the Sung dynasty rule in China?
(a) 960-1279.
(b) 1325-1532.
(c) 895-903.
(d) 1658-1723.

13. When was the Society of Lloyds established?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1771.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1782.

14. When did the American Civil War end?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1865.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Richard Arkwright develop the first modern factory based around a spinning wheel powered by a waterwheel?

2. Who did Asa Candler grant permission to bottle and sell Coca-Cola in 1899?

3. By around what time did coffee use reach Mecca and Cairo?

4. What clockmaker assisted Richard Arkwright in developing the first spinning mill powered by horses?

5. As a result of the trial in The United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of CocaCola, the company promised not to use children in its advertisements. They maintained this policy until what year?

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