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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. 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?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Nine.
(d) Three.

2. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Egypt.

3. How much of the human body is comprised of water?
(a) 4/5.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/2.

4. What beer created by the Incas was offered to the rising sun in a golden cup and then poured onto the ground as an offering to the gods of the Earth?
(a) Sahti.
(b) Bappir.
(c) Chicha.
(d) Pulque.

5. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?
(a) King Menkaure.
(b) King Tutankhamun.
(c) King Ramesses II.
(d) King Mentuhotep I.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author refer to as the world's first literary work in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?

3. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?

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

5. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?

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