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

2. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?
(a) Classical comedies.
(b) Formal drinking parties.
(c) Classical dramas.
(d) Classical orchestral concerts.

3. 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) Distilling wine into brandy before consumption.
(c) Burning off the alcohol in wine before consumption.
(d) Mixing wine with water before consumption.

4. By what year did Urok in Mesopotamia have a population of around 50,000, according to the author in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?
(a) 1500 BCE.
(b) 2000 BCE.
(c) 3000 BCE.
(d) 1000 BCE.

5. What Greek word refers to a form of ritual exhibitionism wherein the members of a drinking group would course through the streets in nocturnal revelry to emphasize the strength and unity of their group?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Convivium.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Komos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word refers to a Roman banquet?

2. What enzymes convert starch within grain into maltose sugar, or malt?

3. What Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?

4. What Roman satirist of the early second century CE is quoted in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

5. Who is the god of wine in Greek mythology?

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