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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. Approximately when was Egypt's ruler King Scorpion I buried?
(a) 1600 BCE.
(b) 4500 BCE.
(c) 3900 BCE.
(d) 3150 BCE.

2. When was Homer's Odyssey written?
(a) Sixth century BCE.
(b) Fourth century BCE.
(c) Eighth century BCE.
(d) Seventh century BCE.

3. What is the boiling point of alcohol?
(a) 78 degrees centigrade.
(b) 56 degrees centigrade.
(c) 100 degrees centigrade.
(d) 98 degrees centigrade.

4. When was the Molasses Act passed in London?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1733.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1723.

5. When did Rome sack the Greek colony of Syracuse?
(a) 120 BCE.
(b) 356 BCE.
(c) 212 BCE.
(d) 169 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ashurnasirpal II's son seen in an obelisk standing beneath a parasol in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

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

3. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?

4. When did the Revolutionary War begin?

5. When did the Mayflower set out for America?

(see the answer key)

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