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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) Philip II.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Julius Caesar.

2. 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?
(a) Pulque.
(b) Sahti.
(c) Chicha.
(d) Bappir.

3. The pictogram from a seal found at Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia that shows two figures drinking beer through straws dates to approximately what age?
(a) 2000 BCE.
(b) 6000 BCE.
(c) 4000 BCE.
(d) 1000 BCE.

4. What does the author refer to as the world's first literary work in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?
(a) Gilgamesh.
(b) The Illiad.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) Lysistrata.

5. When was one of the greatest feasts of history given by King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria?
(a) 980 BCE.
(b) 870 BCE.
(c) 620 BCE.
(d) 230 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?

2. What beer did the Aztecs offer to Mayahuel, the goddess of fertility?

3. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?

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

5. From approximately when does "The Ebers Papyrus" date?

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