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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. Who is the god of wine in Greek mythology?
(a) Ares.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athena.

2. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Hesiod.

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

4. What word refers to a drinking horn in Ancient Greece?
(a) Cantharos.
(b) Rhyton.
(c) Krater.
(d) Cylix.

5. 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) Sahti.
(b) Bappir.
(c) Pulque.
(d) Chicha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around the eighth century BCE, the Greek-speaking peoples referred to non-Greek speakers as what?

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

3. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?

4. In what mountain region was wine likely first produced in the Neothilic period, according to the author in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

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

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