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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. The author states in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt" that during the construction of the Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the standard ration for a laborer was three or four loaves of bread and about how many jugs containing around four liters of beer?
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

2. In what is Sahti brewed?
(a) Seashells.
(b) Copper urns.
(c) Hollowed-out trees.
(d) Silver urns.

3. The great feast of King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome" was to mark the inauguration of his new capital in what city?
(a) Harran.
(b) Mardin.
(c) Nimrod.
(d) Assur.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?

2. In whose honor was Virginia named?

3. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?

4. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?

5. On what ship was Richard Ligon aboard when he caught his first glimpse of Barbados?

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