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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 12,545.
(b) 23,003.
(c) 95,674.
(d) 69,574.

3. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?
(a) Two liters.
(b) One liter.
(c) One gallon.
(d) Three liters.

4. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Hesiod.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

5. When did Richard MacRagh-naill die from overconsumption of alcohol?
(a) 1465.
(b) 1405.
(c) 1414.
(d) 1425.

6. What Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?
(a) Chardonnay.
(b) Riesling.
(c) Falernian.
(d) Sauvignon blanc.

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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 Spain.
(c) Southern France.
(d) Northern France.

13. 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) Barbaroi.
(b) Komos.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Convivium.

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

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

Short Answer 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?

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

3. When did the Boston Tea Party take place?

4. Who is the Greek comic poet who is quoted in the opening of Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

5. Who wrote the first printed book about distillation in 1478?

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