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

2. Who developed the printing press in the 1430s?
(a) Johannes Gutenberg.
(b) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(c) Arnald of Villanova.
(d) Jabir ibn Hayyan.

3. When did Richard MacRagh-naill die from overconsumption of alcohol?
(a) 1465.
(b) 1405.
(c) 1425.
(d) 1414.

4. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Egypt.

5. What word refers to repeated distillation that creates highly concentrated ethanol?
(a) Cultivation.
(b) Aeration.
(c) Detraction.
(d) Rectification.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the god of wine in Greek mythology?

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

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

4. What word refers to a Roman banquet?

5. When did the first English settlers arrive in Barbados and find the island uninhabited?

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