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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 is Emperor Shen Nung's reign traditionally dated?
(a) 2932-2800 BCE.
(b) 4521-4232 BCE.
(c) 2737-2697 BCE.
(d) 3200-3159 BCE.

2. When did the first advertisement for Coca-Cola appear?
(a) March 6, 1888.
(b) May 29, 1886.
(c) June 12, 1901.
(d) September 13, 1880.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were coffee plantations first successfully developed by the Dutch East India Company in the 1690s?

2. Where did Richard Arkwright develop the first modern factory based around a spinning wheel powered by a waterwheel?

3. When did Charles II take the throne of England, restoring the monarchy?

4. When did Chinese authorities outlaw the use of opium because of the problems with addiction?

5. Who came to power at the end of the English civil war after the dethronement and execution of King Charles I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the medicinal values of tea?

2. What are the components of the coca plant? Where does it grow?

3. How was Coca-Cola promoted during World War II?

4. How was sparkling water (soda water) first promoted and sold?

5. When and how did Joseph Priestley discover carbonation?

6. How is coffee made? Where and when did it originate as a beverage?

7. How and when did the consumption of soda water become widespread in the United States?

8. Where and when did tea orignate as a beverage?

9. Discuss the role of coffeehouses for information exchange in the seventeenth century.

10. How did early French and English coffeehouses differ?

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