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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what mountain region was wine likely first produced in the Neothilic period, according to the author in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) The Andes Mountains.
(b) The Zagros Mountains.
(c) The Himalayan Mountains.
(d) The Alps.

2. What does the author refer to as the world's first literary work in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?
(a) Gilgamesh.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) The Illiad.
(d) Lysistrata.

3. What popular drinking game in Ancient Greece involved flicking the last remaining drops of wine from a cup at a specific target?
(a) Komos.
(b) Barbaroi.
(c) Kottabos.
(d) Convivium.

4. What playwright wrote The Bacchae?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Euripides.

5. What Roman satirist of the early second century CE is quoted in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) Juvenal.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Hesiod.

6. When did Alexander the Great die from a mysterious illness?
(a) 629 BCE.
(b) 323 BCE.
(c) 235 BCE.
(d) 159 BCE.

7. With how many wine jars was King Scorpion I buried?
(a) 700.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 300.
(d) 1,500.

8. The word "Rumbillion" was a slang word from southern England meaning what?
(a) A man.
(b) A brawl.
(c) A horse.
(d) A carriage.

9. Approximately how long ago did humans begin migrating out of Africa?
(a) 5,000 years ago.
(b) 10,000 years ago.
(c) 25,000 years ago.
(d) 50,000 years ago.

10. Who is the Greek comic poet who is quoted in the opening of Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Aristophanes.

11. The earliest physical evidence of wine production comes from red residue in a pottery jar that has been dated to approximately what year?
(a) 2300 BCE.
(b) 1200 BCE.
(c) 5400 BCE.
(d) 690 BCE.

12. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?
(a) Isis.
(b) Cartouche.
(c) Hekt.
(d) Oasis.

13. How many skins of wine did Ashurnasirpal II serve at his massive banquet described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) 20,000 skins.
(b) 5,000 skins.
(c) 10,000 skins.
(d) 1,000 skins.

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

15. When did Britain defeat the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Boston Tea Party take place?

2. At the end of the first millennium AD, Cordoba was the capital of Arab Andalusia, which is now what region?

3. What does "aqua ardens" translate to in English?

4. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?

5. In whose honor was Virginia named?

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