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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. 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) 23,003.
(b) 95,674.
(c) 69,574.
(d) 12,545.

2. When was Virginia first established by the British as a permanent settlement in the New World?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1678.
(c) 1623.
(d) 1607.

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

4. When was the inclusion of lemon or lime juice made compulsory in the creation of grog?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1765.

5. At the end of the first millennium AD, Cordoba was the capital of Arab Andalusia, which is now what region?
(a) Northern Spain.
(b) Northern France.
(c) Southern Spain.
(d) Southern France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around the eighth century BCE, the Greek-speaking peoples referred to non-Greek speakers as what?

2. How many skins of wine did Ashurnasirpal II serve at his massive banquet described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

3. In whose honor was Virginia named?

4. Where did Noah plant the first vineyard after being saved by the flood, according to the Bible?

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

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