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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) 1895.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1865.

2. 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) Kha'ir Beg.
(c) Oliver Cromwell.
(d) Jabir ibn Hayyan.

3. When did American Vice President Richard Nixon visit Moscow and trade insults with the Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1959.

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

5. Who was the Buddhist monk that wrote a book about the health benefits of tea and is credited with bringing this knowledge to Japan in 1191?
(a) Eisai.
(b) Lu Yu.
(c) Kha'ir Beg.
(d) Jabir ibn Hayyan.

6. Who wrote The Classic of Tea in 780?
(a) Daniel Edwards.
(b) Kha'ir Beg.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Lu Yu.

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

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

9. When did Charles II marry Catherine of Braganza?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1662.
(c) 1698.
(d) 1651.

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

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

12. When did the posters featuring Santa Claus drinking Coca-Cola first appear?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1931.

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

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

15. Who suggested the name "Coca-Cola" for Pemberton's formula?
(a) Richard Steele.
(b) Daniel Edwards.
(c) Frank Robinson.
(d) Christopher Wren.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the London penny post established?

2. Who declared the British Empire in 1773 as an empire on which the sun never sets?

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

4. When did coffehouses begin opening in Britain?

5. What is the name of the species of evergreen shrub whose leaves are used to produce tea?

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