A History of the World in 6 Glasses Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Tom Standage
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Tom Standage
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: "Spirits in the Colonial Period".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?
(a) 1200 BCE.
(b) 1600 BCE.
(c) 2400 BCE.
(d) 900 BCE.

2. The word "Rumbillion" was a slang word from southern England meaning what?
(a) A man.
(b) A brawl.
(c) A horse.
(d) A carriage.

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

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

5. What eighth-century Arab scholar is remembered as one of the fathers of chemistry and the creator of an improved form of distillation apparatus?
(a) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(b) Arnald of Villanova.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Johannes Gutenberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the boiling point of alcohol?

2. In what mountain region was wine likely first produced in the Neothilic period, according to the author in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

3. When did Richard MacRagh-naill die from overconsumption of alcohol?

4. What was Admiral Edward Vernon's nickname?

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

(see the answer key)

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