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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. What does "aqua ardens" translate to in English?
(a) Burning water.
(b) Bubbling water.
(c) Love potion.
(d) Water of life.

2. What does "aqua vitae" translate to in English?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Water of death.
(c) Tea.
(d) Water of life.

3. What Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?
(a) Falernian.
(b) Riesling.
(c) Chardonnay.
(d) Sauvignon blanc.

4. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?
(a) Wage lists and tax receipts.
(b) Poems and short stoies.
(c) Epic hunting stories.
(d) Plays and novels.

5. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?
(a) Classical dramas.
(b) Classical comedies.
(c) Classical orchestral concerts.
(d) Formal drinking parties.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What playwright wrote The Bacchae?

3. At the end of the first millennium AD, Cordoba was the capital of Arab Andalusia, which is now what region?

4. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?

5. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?

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