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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was coffee known as in Arabic when it originated?
(a) Qafir.
(b) Java.
(c) Qahwah.
(d) Mocha.

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

3. When was cocaine first isolated from coca leaves?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1818.

4. When did John Pemberton die?
(a) August 16, 1888.
(b) May 12, 1893.
(c) September 30, 1974.
(d) June 23, 1880.

5. Who wrote the poem to Catherine of Braganza for her birthday that discusses her love of tea?
(a) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(b) Edmund Waller.
(c) Richard Steele.
(d) Arnald of Villanova.

6. Who wrote the Principia?
(a) Thomas Macauley.
(b) Sir Isaac Newton.
(c) Christopher Wren.
(d) Richard Steele.

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

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

9. What U.S. President endorsed Coca-Cola's development of a colorless version of their beverage after receiving a Russian request?
(a) Richard Steele.
(b) Daniel Edwards.
(c) Christopher Wren.
(d) Harry Truman.

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

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

12. Of what disease did John Pemberton die?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) Stomach cancer.

13. Where were coffee plantations first successfully developed by the Dutch East India Company in the 1690s?
(a) Java.
(b) China.
(c) Malaysia.
(d) Singapore.

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

15. In what publication did social commentator and writer Mary Gay Humphreys describe the merits of soda water in 1891?
(a) Harper's Weekly.
(b) The Herald Tribune.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Reader's Digest.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was A Broadside Against Coffee published?

2. When did Charles II take the throne of England, restoring the monarchy?

3. When was the Ming dynasty in control?

4. What book did Joseph Priestley publish in 1772?

5. Who was the president of the Coca-Cola Company when the U.S. entered World War II?

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