1. Around the eighth century BCE, the Greek-speaking peoples referred to non-Greek speakers as what?
(a) Etos.
(b) Barbaroi.
(c) Evdomada.
(d) Simera.

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

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

4. When did Rome sack the Greek colony of Syracuse?
(a) 120 BCE.
(b) 356 BCE.
(c) 212 BCE.
(d) 169 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Sahti is a traditional beer made where?

4. How many skins of wine did Ashurnasirpal II serve at his massive banquet described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

5. When did the fall of Carthage occur at the end of the Third Punic War?

(see the answer key)

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