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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 does the author refer to as the world's first literary work in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?
(a) Lysistrata.
(b) Gilgamesh.
(c) The Illiad.
(d) The Odyssey.

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

3. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?
(a) Hekt.
(b) Cartouche.
(c) Oasis.
(d) Isis.

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

5. What were the first animals that were domesticated throughout the Fertile Crescent between 7000 BCE and 5000 BCE?
(a) Chickens and dogs.
(b) Cows and pigs.
(c) Sheep and goats.
(d) Cats and horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was one of the greatest feasts of history given by King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria?

2. What beer did the Aztecs offer to Mayahuel, the goddess of fertility?

3. What word refers to a Roman banquet?

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

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

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