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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 popular drinking game in Ancient Greece involved flicking the last remaining drops of wine from a cup at a specific target?
(a) Barbaroi.
(b) Komos.
(c) Convivium.
(d) Kottabos.

2. 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?
(a) Toasting cheers before consumption.
(b) Mixing wine with water before consumption.
(c) Distilling wine into brandy before consumption.
(d) Burning off the alcohol in wine before consumption.

3. Who was the author of Gastronomia?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Archestratus.

4. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?
(a) Iraq.
(b) France.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Spain.

5. Sahti is a traditional beer made where?
(a) Germany.
(b) Finland.
(c) England.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word refers to a drinking horn in Ancient Greece?

2. Approximately when did humankind adopt the process of farming, beginning with the domestication of cereal grains?

3. Approximately when was Egypt's ruler King Scorpion I buried?

4. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?

5. Who was Alexander the Great's father?

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