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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what mountain region was wine likely first produced in the Neothilic period, according to the author in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) The Zagros Mountains.
(b) The Himalayan Mountains.
(c) The Alps.
(d) The Andes Mountains.

2. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?
(a) Cartouche.
(b) Hekt.
(c) Oasis.
(d) Isis.

3. What Roman satirist of the early second century CE is quoted in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) Barbaroi.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Juvenal.
(d) Hesiod.

4. From approximately when does "The Ebers Papyrus" date?
(a) 1550 BCE.
(b) 1200 BCE.
(c) 1700 BCE.
(d) 1100 BCE.

5. What popular drinking game in Ancient Greece involved flicking the last remaining drops of wine from a cup at a specific target?
(a) Komos.
(b) Convivium.
(c) Kottabos.
(d) Barbaroi.

Short Answer Questions

1. The pictogram from a seal found at Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia that shows two figures drinking beer through straws dates to approximately what age?

2. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?

3. What beer did the Aztecs offer to Mayahuel, the goddess of fertility?

4. Who was the author of Gastronomia?

5. What enzymes convert starch within grain into maltose sugar, or malt?

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