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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sahti is a traditional beer made where?
(a) England.
(b) Finland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ireland.

2. Who is the god of wine in Greek mythology?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Athena.

3. Around the eighth century BCE, the Greek-speaking peoples referred to non-Greek speakers as what?
(a) Barbaroi.
(b) Evdomada.
(c) Etos.
(d) Simera.

4. What was Admiral Edward Vernon's nickname?
(a) "Uncle Tom."
(b) "Old Grogram."
(c) "Old Rummy."
(d) "Old Magnum."

5. 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"?
(a) 1500 BCE.
(b) 2000 BCE.
(c) 3000 BCE.
(d) 1000 BCE.

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

7. At the end of the first millennium AD, Cordoba was the capital of Arab Andalusia, which is now what region?
(a) Southern Spain.
(b) Northern France.
(c) Northern Spain.
(d) Southern France.

8. When was the Sugar Act passed at the end of the French and Indian War?
(a) 1764.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1782.
(d) 1769.

9. What word refers to a Roman banquet?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Convivium.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Symphonia.

10. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?
(a) Charles the Bad.
(b) Charles the Good.
(c) Charles the Brave.
(d) Charles the Arrogant.

11. 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) 95,674.
(b) 69,574.
(c) 12,545.
(d) 23,003.

12. What is the boiling point of water?
(a) 56 degrees centigrade.
(b) 58 degrees centigrade.
(c) 78 degrees centigrade.
(d) 100 degrees centigrade.

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

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

15. 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) Johannes Gutenberg.
(b) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(c) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(d) Arnald of Villanova.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what is Sahti brewed?

4. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?

5. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?

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