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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 was Ashurnasirpal II's son seen in an obelisk standing beneath a parasol in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) Esarhaddon.
(b) Sargon II.
(c) Tiglath-Pileser III.
(d) Shalmaneser III.

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?
(a) Pulque.
(b) Bappir.
(c) Sahti.
(d) Chicha.

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

4. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?
(a) King Ramesses II.
(b) King Tutankhamun.
(c) King Menkaure.
(d) King Mentuhotep I.

5. Approximately when was Egypt's ruler King Scorpion I buried?
(a) 4500 BCE.
(b) 3900 BCE.
(c) 3150 BCE.
(d) 1600 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?

2. Sahti is a traditional beer made where?

3. Where did Noah plant the first vineyard after being saved by the flood, according to the Bible?

4. What enzymes convert starch within grain into maltose sugar, or malt?

5. Approximately when did humankind adopt the process of farming, beginning with the domestication of cereal grains?

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