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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 wrote the first printed book about distillation in 1478?
(a) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(b) Johannes Gutenberg.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Arnald of Villanova.

2. Where did sugar originate?
(a) Egypt.
(b) France.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Polynesia.

3. Approximately when did pottery emerge?
(a) 1000 BCE.
(b) 2000 BCE.
(c) 8000 BCE.
(d) 6000 BCE.

4. Who was Ashurnasirpal II's son seen in an obelisk standing beneath a parasol in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) Shalmaneser III.
(b) Tiglath-Pileser III.
(c) Esarhaddon.
(d) Sargon II.

5. When did the Boston Tea Party take place?
(a) 1771.
(b) 1773.
(c) 1770.
(d) 1775.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "aqua vitae" translate to in English?

2. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?

3. By what year did Urok in Mesopotamia have a population of around 50,000, according to the author in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?

4. The author notes in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome" that what most distinguished the Greek approach to wine from that of other cultures was the practice of doing what?

5. With how many wine jars was King Scorpion I buried?

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