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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. Who was Alexander the Great's father?
(a) Barbaroi.
(b) Hesiod.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Philip II.

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"?
(a) The Andes Mountains.
(b) The Alps.
(c) The Himalayan Mountains.
(d) The Zagros Mountains.

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

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

5. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Hesiod.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer 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?

2. The pictogram from a seal found at Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia that shows two figures drinking beer through straws dates to approximately what age?

3. Who is the Greek comic poet who is quoted in the opening of Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

4. 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"?

5. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?

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