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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) Julius Caesar.
(c) Philip II.
(d) Hesiod.

2. Around the eighth century BCE, the Greek-speaking peoples referred to non-Greek speakers as what?
(a) Etos.
(b) Evdomada.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Simera.

3. On what ship was Richard Ligon aboard when he caught his first glimpse of Barbados?
(a) The Mary.
(b) The Elizabeth.
(c) The Achilles.
(d) The Zypher.

4. How much of the human body is comprised of water?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 4/5.

5. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?
(a) 2400 BCE.
(b) 1200 BCE.
(c) 1600 BCE.
(d) 900 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What ingredient used by Mesopotamian brewers refers to beer-bread?

3. When was the inclusion of lemon or lime juice made compulsory in the creation of grog?

4. What word refers to a Roman banquet?

5. Approximately when did humankind adopt the process of farming, beginning with the domestication of cereal grains?

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