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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 Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?
(a) Riesling.
(b) Sauvignon blanc.
(c) Falernian.
(d) Chardonnay.

2. When did Septimus Severus rise to power?
(a) 193 CE.
(b) 295 BCE.
(c) 356 BCE.
(d) 59 BCE.

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

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

5. 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) 2000 BCE.
(b) 1500 BCE.
(c) 3000 BCE.
(d) 1000 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. The earliest physical evidence of wine production comes from red residue in a pottery jar that has been dated to approximately what year?

2. When was Homer's Odyssey written?

3. How much of the human body is comprised of water?

4. What playwright wrote The Bacchae?

5. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?

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