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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what Sumerian city comes the oldest surviving record of the use of alcohol in medicine?
(a) Ur.
(b) Eshnunna.
(c) Nippur.
(d) Uruk.

2. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?
(a) 1200 BCE.
(b) 1600 BCE.
(c) 900 BCE.
(d) 2400 BCE.

3. What ingredient used by Mesopotamian brewers refers to beer-bread?
(a) Mahbid.
(b) Yuppir.
(c) Sappir.
(d) Bappir.

4. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?
(a) King Tutankhamun.
(b) King Menkaure.
(c) King Ramesses II.
(d) King Mentuhotep I.

5. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?
(a) The Amazon River.
(b) The Ganges River.
(c) The Euphates River.
(d) The Nile River.

Short Answer Questions

1. The pictogram from a seal found at Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia that shows two figures drinking beer through straws dates to approximately what age?

2. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?

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

4. Approximately when did anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens emerge in Africa?

5. Approximately when did pottery emerge?

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