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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What coffeehouse is described in Robert Hooke's diary from 1674?
(a) Garraway's.
(b) Weinstein's.
(c) O'Connell's.
(d) Harry's.

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

5. Who was the English merchant that set up Pasqua Rosee in business operating a coffeehouse?
(a) Thomas Macauley.
(b) Daniel Edwards.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Oliver Cromwell.

6. Who was the founder of Taoism?
(a) Lao-tzu.
(b) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(c) Siddhartha Gautama.
(d) Kha'ir Beg.

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

8. Who wrote "News from the Coffee-House" in 1667?
(a) Thomas Jordan.
(b) Richard Steele.
(c) Daniel Edwards.
(d) Thomas Macauley.

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

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

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

12. When did the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo settle out of court regarding trademark infringement?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

13. When was the Principia published?
(a) 1697.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1723.
(d) 1687.

14. When analyzed in the early twentieth century, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was found to contain what percentage of alcohol?
(a) 5-10%.
(b) 20-30%.
(c) 15-20%.
(d) 30-40%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What local governer in Mecca put coffee on trial in June of 1511?

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

3. When was NATO established?

4. Of what disease did John Pemberton die?

5. When did the posters featuring Santa Claus drinking Coca-Cola first appear?

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