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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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) Convivium.
(c) Kottabos.
(d) Barbaroi.

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

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

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

7. What were the first animals that were domesticated throughout the Fertile Crescent between 7000 BCE and 5000 BCE?
(a) Cows and pigs.
(b) Chickens and dogs.
(c) Sheep and goats.
(d) Cats and horses.

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

9. Who developed the printing press in the 1430s?
(a) Johannes Gutenberg.
(b) Arnald of Villanova.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Michael Puff von Schrick.

10. What ship did John Winthrop take to America in 1628?
(a) The Lorry.
(b) The Arbella.
(c) The Mary.
(d) The Elizabeth.

11. Approximately when was Egypt's ruler King Scorpion I buried?
(a) 3900 BCE.
(b) 3150 BCE.
(c) 1600 BCE.
(d) 4500 BCE.

12. When did the Mayflower set out for America?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1620.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1600.

13. Who was Ashurnasirpal II's son seen in an obelisk standing beneath a parasol in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) Sargon II.
(b) Tiglath-Pileser III.
(c) Shalmaneser III.
(d) Esarhaddon.

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

15. What beer created by the Incas was offered to the rising sun in a golden cup and then poured onto the ground as an offering to the gods of the Earth?
(a) Bappir.
(b) Chicha.
(c) Pulque.
(d) Sahti.

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

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

4. Who was the author of Gastronomia?

5. Where did sugar originate?

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