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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What eighth-century Arab scholar is remembered as one of the fathers of chemistry and the creator of an improved form of distillation apparatus?
(a) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(b) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(c) Arnald of Villanova.
(d) Johannes Gutenberg.

2. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?
(a) 5,000 years ago.
(b) 9,000 years ago.
(c) 18,000 years ago.
(d) 12,000 years ago.

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

4. The pictogram from a seal found at Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia that shows two figures drinking beer through straws dates to approximately what age?
(a) 1000 BCE.
(b) 4000 BCE.
(c) 6000 BCE.
(d) 2000 BCE.

5. Who was Alexander the Great's father?
(a) Philip II.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Barbaroi.

6. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?
(a) Poems and short stoies.
(b) Wage lists and tax receipts.
(c) Epic hunting stories.
(d) Plays and novels.

7. How many people are officially recorded as having attended the feast for King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) 23,003.
(b) 69,574.
(c) 95,674.
(d) 12,545.

8. What Greek word refers to a form of ritual exhibitionism wherein the members of a drinking group would course through the streets in nocturnal revelry to emphasize the strength and unity of their group?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Komos.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Convivium.

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

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

11. What was Prince Henrique of Portugal also known as?
(a) Prince Henry the Good.
(b) Prince Henry the Beer Drinker.
(c) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(d) Prince Henry the Bad.

12. When was Virginia first established by the British as a permanent settlement in the New World?
(a) 1607.
(b) 1600.
(c) 1678.
(d) 1623.

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

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

15. Who is the sun god in Egyptian mythology?
(a) Ra.
(b) Hathor.
(c) Osiris.
(d) Iris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ship did John Winthrop take to America in 1628?

2. When was one of the greatest feasts of history given by King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria?

3. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?

4. What is the boiling point of water?

5. Who is the god of agriculture and the king of the afterlife in Ancient Egyptian mythology?

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