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

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

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

4. 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) 4000 BCE.
(b) 2000 BCE.
(c) 1000 BCE.
(d) 6000 BCE.

5. What beer did the Aztecs offer to Mayahuel, the goddess of fertility?
(a) Pulque.
(b) Chicha.
(c) Sahti.
(d) Bappir.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?

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

5. Approximately when did pottery emerge?

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