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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Virginia first established by the British as a permanent settlement in the New World?
(a) 1678.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1607.
(d) 1600.

2. What does "aqua vitae" translate to in English?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Water of death.
(c) Tea.
(d) Water of life.

3. What is the boiling point of water?
(a) 56 degrees centigrade.
(b) 78 degrees centigrade.
(c) 100 degrees centigrade.
(d) 58 degrees centigrade.

4. What was Admiral Edward Vernon's nickname?
(a) "Old Rummy."
(b) "Old Magnum."
(c) "Old Grogram."
(d) "Uncle Tom."

5. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?
(a) 4500 BCE.
(b) 3400 BCE.
(c) 1500 BCE.
(d) 2300 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Boston Tea Party take place?

2. When did Englishman Richart Ligon catch his first glimpse of the Caribbean island of Barbados?

3. What is the boiling point of alcohol?

4. When did the Revolutionary War begin?

5. What playwright wrote The Bacchae?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did beer first orignate?

2. Where is the Fertile Crescent and how is this setting described?

3. What artifacts demonstrate the earliest of beer drinking and customs?

4. What cultural role did beer serve in England in the sixteenth century?

5. What role did wine play in Ancient Rome's culture?

6. What role did distilled spirits play in the emergence of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

7. How did wine factor into Ancient Egyptian culture?

8. What role has beer served in poetry and literature?

9. Describe the basic scientific process of distillation.

10. Describe the death of King Charles II of Navarre. Who or what caused his death?

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