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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 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) Chicha.
(c) Sahti.
(d) Bappir.

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

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

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

5. When was one of the greatest feasts of history given by King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria?
(a) 870 BCE.
(b) 980 BCE.
(c) 620 BCE.
(d) 230 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the Greek comic poet who is quoted in the opening of Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

4. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?

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

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