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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. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?
(a) 2300 BCE.
(b) 3400 BCE.
(c) 4500 BCE.
(d) 1500 BCE.

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

3. When did the fall of Carthage occur at the end of the Third Punic War?
(a) 368 BCE.
(b) 146 BCE.
(c) 212 BCE.
(d) 120 BCE.

4. From approximately when does "The Ebers Papyrus" date?
(a) 1700 BCE.
(b) 1100 BCE.
(c) 1200 BCE.
(d) 1550 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?

4. From what Sumerian city comes the oldest surviving record of the use of alcohol in medicine?

5. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?

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