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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In 1557, the Chinese authorities allowed the Portuguese to establish a trading post on what tiny peninsula in the Canton estuary?
(a) Eisai.
(b) Macao.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Shanghai.

7. In stories of the origins of coffee, the author describes a man named Omar who was condemned to die of starvation in the desert outside of what city in Yemen?
(a) Sana'a.
(b) Aden.
(c) Mocha.
(d) Taiz.

8. Where did France's first coffeehouse open?
(a) Lyon.
(b) Marseille.
(c) Bordeaux.
(d) Paris.

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

10. In what periodical did the first Coca-Cola ad appear?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) The Los Angeles Times.
(c) Harper's Bizarre.
(d) The Atlanta Journal.

11. Who came to power at the end of the English civil war after the dethronement and execution of King Charles I?
(a) Thomas Macauley.
(b) Oliver Cromwell.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Kha'ir Beg.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jacob of Lebanon open the first coffeeshop in western Europe?

2. When did coffehouses begin opening in Britain?

3. When did the custom of drinking coffee first become popular in Yemen?

4. When did the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo settle out of court regarding trademark infringement?

5. When analyzed in the early twentieth century, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was found to contain what percentage of alcohol?

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