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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. What Dutch doctor championed tea and its benefits in 1641?

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

3. Who did Asa Candler grant permission to bottle and sell Coca-Cola in 1899?

4. At the height of the British Empire, how much of the world's surface was ruled by the British?

5. When was the Principia published?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does coffee relate to the French Revolution?

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

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

6. When did the first Europeans travel to China? How and where did they establish trade?

7. How did early French and English coffeehouses differ?

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

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

10. When did the Industrial Revolution take place? What did it entail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the structure of A History of the World in 6 Glasses. How does the author establish his hypothesis? What is his hypothesis? How does he go about proving this hypothesis? Do you feel that he succeeds? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the emergence and spread in popularity of rum, whiskey, and bourbon in the American colonies. How were these spirits obtained? How were they viewed by the early colonists? How did they contribute to the American Revolution?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the rise of the British Empire and discuss how tea came to represent British Imperialism. From where did the British obtain tea? How did its popularity in England spread? What does tea represent to the British today?

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