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

2. What was coffee known as in Arabic when it originated?
(a) Java.
(b) Qahwah.
(c) Qafir.
(d) Mocha.

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

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

5. Who is the Sufi scholar who is often attributed to the practice of making coffee berries into a drink?
(a) Kha'ir Beg.
(b) Thomas Macauley.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Muhammad al-Dhabhani.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Mongol capital where Mangu Khan installed a silver drinking fountain?

2. Who suggested the name "Coca-Cola" for Pemberton's formula?

3. How much money did the makers of St. Jacob's Oil spend on advertising in 1881?

4. In what periodical did the first Coca-Cola ad appear?

5. As a result of the trial in The United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of CocaCola, the company promised not to use children in its advertisements. They maintained this policy until what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was French Wine Coca and when did it emerge?

2. What are kola nuts? Where did they originate?

3. How was coffee perceived by the scientific community when it first came into use in Europe?

4. How did early tea shops in England differ from coffeehouses? How did this contribute to their success?

5. What are tea gardens and when did they emerge?

6. How did early French and English coffeehouses differ?

7. What does the Enlightenment refer to?

8. What were the impacts of the Tea Act of 1773? What did the act entail?

9. What does the Scientific Revolution refer to?

10. Who led to tea becoming fashionable in England? When did this occur?

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