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

2. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?
(a) Poems and short stoies.
(b) Wage lists and tax receipts.
(c) Epic hunting stories.
(d) Plays and novels.

3. What beer created by the Incas was offered to the rising sun in a golden cup and then poured onto the ground as an offering to the gods of the Earth?
(a) Pulque.
(b) Sahti.
(c) Chicha.
(d) Bappir.

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

5. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?
(a) 2300 BCE.
(b) 1500 BCE.
(c) 3400 BCE.
(d) 4500 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author refer to as the world's first literary work in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?

2. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?

3. The author states in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt" that during the construction of the Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the standard ration for a laborer was three or four loaves of bread and about how many jugs containing around four liters of beer?

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"?

5. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?

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