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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. What popular drinking game in Ancient Greece involved flicking the last remaining drops of wine from a cup at a specific target?
(a) Kottabos.
(b) Convivium.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Komos.

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

3. Around the eighth century BCE, the Greek-speaking peoples referred to non-Greek speakers as what?
(a) Evdomada.
(b) Etos.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Simera.

4. Who is the sun god in Egyptian mythology?
(a) Ra.
(b) Hathor.
(c) Iris.
(d) Osiris.

5. 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"?
(a) The Alps.
(b) The Himalayan Mountains.
(c) The Andes Mountains.
(d) The Zagros Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Septimus Severus rise to power?

3. When did Rome sack the Greek colony of Syracuse?

4. The author notes in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome" that what most distinguished the Greek approach to wine from that of other cultures was the practice of doing what?

5. Who united the Greeks and defeated Persia in the fourth century BCE?

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