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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?
(a) 12,000 years ago.
(b) 9,000 years ago.
(c) 18,000 years ago.
(d) 5,000 years ago.

2. Approximately when did humankind adopt the process of farming, beginning with the domestication of cereal grains?
(a) 18,000 years ago.
(b) 3,000 years ago.
(c) 12,000 years ago.
(d) 5,000 years ago.

3. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?
(a) Epic hunting stories.
(b) Wage lists and tax receipts.
(c) Poems and short stoies.
(d) Plays and novels.

4. What beer did the Aztecs offer to Mayahuel, the goddess of fertility?
(a) Pulque.
(b) Bappir.
(c) Sahti.
(d) Chicha.

5. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?
(a) Two liters.
(b) Three liters.
(c) One liter.
(d) One gallon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?

2. 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?

3. What were the first animals that were domesticated throughout the Fertile Crescent between 7000 BCE and 5000 BCE?

4. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?

5. Sahti is a traditional beer made where?

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