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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. 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) Chicha.
(c) Pulque.
(d) Bappir.

2. With how many wine jars was King Scorpion I buried?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 300.
(c) 700.
(d) 1,000.

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

4. What were the first animals that were domesticated throughout the Fertile Crescent between 7000 BCE and 5000 BCE?
(a) Cats and horses.
(b) Chickens and dogs.
(c) Cows and pigs.
(d) Sheep and goats.

5. When did the fall of Carthage occur at the end of the Third Punic War?
(a) 146 BCE.
(b) 368 BCE.
(c) 212 BCE.
(d) 120 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?

2. The great feast of King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome" was to mark the inauguration of his new capital in what city?

3. How many people are officially recorded as having attended the feast for King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

4. 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?

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

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