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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: "Spirits in the Colonial Period".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Alexander the Great's father?
(a) Barbaroi.
(b) Philip II.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Hesiod.

2. In whose honor was Virginia named?
(a) Johannes Gutenberg.
(b) Queen Mary I.
(c) Arnald of Villanova.
(d) Queen Elizabeth I.

3. When did Rome sack the Greek colony of Syracuse?
(a) 356 BCE.
(b) 120 BCE.
(c) 169 BCE.
(d) 212 BCE.

4. How many people are officially recorded as having attended the feast for King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) 95,674.
(b) 12,545.
(c) 69,574.
(d) 23,003.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The word "Rumbillion" was a slang word from southern England meaning what?

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

3. What Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?

4. Who was Ashurnasirpal II's son seen in an obelisk standing beneath a parasol in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

5. What word refers to a Roman banquet?

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