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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Alexander the Great die from a mysterious illness?
(a) 323 BCE.
(b) 629 BCE.
(c) 235 BCE.
(d) 159 BCE.

3. When did the Mayflower set out for America?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1702.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1616.

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

5. When did Britain defeat the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1779.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Englishman Richart Ligon catch his first glimpse of the Caribbean island of Barbados?

3. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?

4. In what is Sahti brewed?

5. Who was the author of Gastronomia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did wine lead to Marcus Antonius's death?

2. Describe the basic components that make up beer.

3. What artifacts demonstrate the earliest of beer drinking and customs?

4. Why were beer and wine regarded as class distinctions in ancient civilizations?

5. Describe the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. What caused this revolt?

6. For what purposes was distillation employed by the Ancient Mesopotamians, Greeks, and Romans?

7. How did beer reach Western Europe? When did this happen?

8. What role did wine play in Ancient Rome's culture?

9. When and where did wine originate?

10. What were the benefits of drinking beern in early times?

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