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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. Who is the god of agriculture and the king of the afterlife in Ancient Egyptian mythology?
(a) Maat.
(b) Nun.
(c) Osiris.
(d) Zeus.

2. What enzymes convert starch within grain into maltose sugar, or malt?
(a) Ribonuclease enzymes.
(b) Diastase enzymes.
(c) Salivary amylase enzymes.
(d) Lipase enzymes.

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

4. Approximately when did anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens emerge in Africa?
(a) 150,000 years ago.
(b) 50,000 years ago.
(c) 200,000 years ago.
(d) 500,000 years ago.

5. In what is Sahti brewed?
(a) Silver urns.
(b) Hollowed-out trees.
(c) Seashells.
(d) Copper urns.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?

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

4. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?

5. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?

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