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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. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?
(a) The Amazon River.
(b) The Euphates River.
(c) The Ganges River.
(d) The Nile River.

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

3. What word refers to a Roman banquet?
(a) Symphonia.
(b) Barbaroi.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Convivium.

4. The author states in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt" that during the construction of the Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the standard ration for a laborer was three or four loaves of bread and about how many jugs containing around four liters of beer?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Nine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What ingredient used by Mesopotamian brewers refers to beer-bread?

3. In what is Sahti brewed?

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

5. 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?

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