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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 is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?
(a) One liter.
(b) One gallon.
(c) Two liters.
(d) Three liters.

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

3. How many people are officially recorded as having attended the feast for King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) 23,003.
(b) 69,574.
(c) 95,674.
(d) 12,545.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the god of agriculture and the king of the afterlife in Ancient Egyptian mythology?

2. 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?

3. Who is the sun god in Egyptian mythology?

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

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"?

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