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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Official imports of tea in Britain went from about six tons in 1699 to how much in 1799?
(a) 8,000 tons.
(b) 5,000 tons.
(c) 15,000 tons.
(d) 11,000 tons.

2. When did Lydia E. Pinkham die?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1883.

3. When was the London penny post established?
(a) 1680.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1815.
(d) 1703.

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

5. What book did Joseph Priestley publish in 1772?
(a) The Structures of Air and Water.
(b) The Symposium d'Artistes.
(c) The Principia.
(d) Impregnating Water with Fixed Air.

6. What nineteenth-century historian wrote History of England?
(a) Thomas Jordan.
(b) Christopher Wren.
(c) Thomas Macauley.
(d) Richard Steele.

7. Who was the founding editor of the Tatler magazine?
(a) Daniel Edwards.
(b) Christopher Wren.
(c) Richard Steele.
(d) Thomas Jordan.

8. When did the custom of drinking coffee first become popular in Yemen?
(a) The mid-fourteenth century.
(b) The mid-sixteenth century.
(c) The mid-seventeenth century.
(d) The mid-fifteenth century.

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

10. Who was the president of the Coca-Cola Company when the U.S. entered World War II?
(a) Richard Steele.
(b) Robert Woodruff.
(c) Christopher Wren.
(d) Daniel Edwards.

11. Who is described by the author as Japan's greatest tea-master, who lived in the seventeenth century?
(a) Eisai.
(b) Edmund Waller.
(c) Lu Yu.
(d) Rikyu.

12. Who declared the British Empire in 1773 as an empire on which the sun never sets?
(a) Sir George Macartney.
(b) Christopher Wren.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Thomas Jordan.

13. What is the beverage koumiss derived from?
(a) Cow's milk.
(b) Sheep's milk.
(c) Mare's milk.
(d) Goat's milk.

14. When did coffehouses begin opening in Britain?
(a) The 1450s.
(b) The 1750s.
(c) The 1550s.
(d) The 1650s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Principia published?

2. Who wrote the poem to Catherine of Braganza for her birthday that discusses her love of tea?

3. How much money did the makers of St. Jacob's Oil spend on advertising in 1881?

4. 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?

5. Who was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral in London?

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