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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Classic of Tea in 780?

2. When did the first advertisement for Coca-Cola appear?

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

4. When did Lydia E. Pinkham die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the Opium War of 1839-42? How did it end?

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

3. When and how did Joseph Priestley discover carbonation?

4. What does the Scientific Revolution refer to?

5. When, where, and by whom was the first coffeehouse opened in London?

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

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

8. What does the Enlightenment refer to?

9. What opposition did coffee face in the Muslim world?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of wine in Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultures. Who had access to wine? What did wine represent within each culture? How and where was wine produced in these cultures?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the process of distillation of spirits. When and where was the process of distillation discovered? For what reasons was it first employed? What equipment is required to distill spirits?

Essay Topic 3

When and where did wine originate? What are the components of wine production and how is it produced in its most rudimentary form? What historical advancements influenced wine production?

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