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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What local governer in Mecca put coffee on trial in June of 1511?
(a) Thomas Macauley.
(b) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(c) Kha'ir Beg.
(d) Muhammad al-Dhabhani.

4. When did the Great Fire of London occur?
(a) 1689.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1666.
(d) 1702.

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

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

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

8. When did Chinese authorities outlaw the use of opium because of the problems with addiction?
(a) 1729.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1717.
(d) 1689.

9. Who did Asa Candler grant permission to bottle and sell Coca-Cola in 1899?
(a) Richard Steele and Thomas Macauley.
(b) Benjamin Thomas and Joseph Whitehead.
(c) Christopher Wren and Thomas Jordan.
(d) James Edwards and Richard Wilkinson.

10. When did Thomas Twining open a tea shop next door to his coffeehouse in London?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1717.
(c) 1698.
(d) 1900.

11. What Dutch doctor championed tea and its benefits in 1641?
(a) Edmund Waller.
(b) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(c) Nikolas Dirx.
(d) Thomas Jordan.

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

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

14. When was Francis Bacon's The New Logic published?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1659.

15. How much money did the makers of St. Jacob's Oil spend on advertising in 1881?
(a) $1,000,000.
(b) $500,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $400,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what periodical did the first Coca-Cola ad appear?

2. When is Emperor Shen Nung's reign traditionally dated?

3. Who was the founding editor of the Tatler magazine?

4. When was A Broadside Against Coffee published?

5. Who wrote the Principia?

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