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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. Where did Noah plant the first vineyard after being saved by the flood, according to the Bible?
(a) Mount Shasta.
(b) Mount Kilimanjaro.
(c) Mount Ararat.
(d) Mount Everest.

2. What word refers to a Roman banquet?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Barbaroi.
(c) Symphonia.
(d) Convivium.

3. When was Homer's Odyssey written?
(a) Fourth century BCE.
(b) Eighth century BCE.
(c) Sixth century BCE.
(d) Seventh century BCE.

4. What Greek word refers to a form of ritual exhibitionism wherein the members of a drinking group would course through the streets in nocturnal revelry to emphasize the strength and unity of their group?
(a) Convivium.
(b) Hesiod.
(c) Komos.
(d) Barbaroi.

5. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?
(a) The Euphates River.
(b) The Nile River.
(c) The Amazon River.
(d) The Ganges River.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author notes in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome" that what most distinguished the Greek approach to wine from that of other cultures was the practice of doing what?

2. What Roman satirist of the early second century CE is quoted in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

3. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?

4. The author states in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt" that during the construction of the Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the standard ration for a laborer was three or four loaves of bread and about how many jugs containing around four liters of beer?

5. What popular drinking game in Ancient Greece involved flicking the last remaining drops of wine from a cup at a specific target?

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