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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Nimrod.
(c) Mardin.
(d) Assur.

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

3. What does "aqua vitae" translate to in English?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Water of life.
(c) Tea.
(d) Water of death.

4. Where did the magnetic compass originate?
(a) India.
(b) England.
(c) China.
(d) France.

5. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?
(a) The Nile River.
(b) The Amazon River.
(c) The Euphates River.
(d) The Ganges River.

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

7. What enzymes convert starch within grain into maltose sugar, or malt?
(a) Salivary amylase enzymes.
(b) Ribonuclease enzymes.
(c) Lipase enzymes.
(d) Diastase enzymes.

8. Approximately when did pottery emerge?
(a) 8000 BCE.
(b) 6000 BCE.
(c) 1000 BCE.
(d) 2000 BCE.

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

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

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

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

13. Who is the god of agriculture and the king of the afterlife in Ancient Egyptian mythology?
(a) Nun.
(b) Maat.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Osiris.

14. What word refers to repeated distillation that creates highly concentrated ethanol?
(a) Aeration.
(b) Cultivation.
(c) Detraction.
(d) Rectification.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?

2. Sahti is a traditional beer made where?

3. Around the eighth century BCE, the Greek-speaking peoples referred to non-Greek speakers as what?

4. When did the Mayflower set out for America?

5. 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"?

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