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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 word refers to a Roman banquet?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Barbaroi.
(c) Symphonia.
(d) Convivium.

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

3. When was Homer's Odyssey written?
(a) Fourth century BCE.
(b) Eighth century BCE.
(c) Sixth century BCE.
(d) Seventh century BCE.

4. Approximately when did anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens emerge in Africa?
(a) 150,000 years ago.
(b) 50,000 years ago.
(c) 500,000 years ago.
(d) 200,000 years ago.

5. Approximately how long ago did humans begin migrating out of Africa?
(a) 5,000 years ago.
(b) 25,000 years ago.
(c) 10,000 years ago.
(d) 50,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the god of agriculture and the king of the afterlife in Ancient Egyptian mythology?

3. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?

4. Approximately when did pottery emerge?

5. Where did Noah plant the first vineyard after being saved by the flood, according to the Bible?

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