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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 united the Greeks and defeated Persia in the fourth century BCE?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Alexander the Great.

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

3. When did Alexander the Great die from a mysterious illness?
(a) 629 BCE.
(b) 159 BCE.
(c) 235 BCE.
(d) 323 BCE.

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?
(a) Burning off the alcohol in wine before consumption.
(b) Mixing wine with water before consumption.
(c) Toasting cheers before consumption.
(d) Distilling wine into brandy before consumption.

5. Approximately how long ago did humans begin migrating out of Africa?
(a) 25,000 years ago.
(b) 5,000 years ago.
(c) 10,000 years ago.
(d) 50,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?

2. Approximately when was Egypt's ruler King Scorpion I buried?

3. The great feast of King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome" was to mark the inauguration of his new capital in what city?

4. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?

5. In what is Sahti brewed?

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