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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Approximately when did anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens emerge in Africa?
(a) 150,000 years ago.
(b) 500,000 years ago.
(c) 50,000 years ago.
(d) 200,000 years ago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?

2. What was Admiral Edward Vernon's nickname?

3. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?

4. Where did Noah plant the first vineyard after being saved by the flood, according to the Bible?

5. What does "aqua ardens" translate to in English?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the customary way to drink wine in Greek culture? How did the Greeks perceive other customs of consuming wine?

2. What cultural role did beer play in Ancient Mesopotamia?

3. How is whiskey made? When and where did it orignate?

4. How did wine factor into Ancient Egyptian culture?

5. When did beer first orignate?

6. What role did distilled spirits play in the emergence of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

7. Why were beer and wine regarded as class distinctions in ancient civilizations?

8. Describe the death of King Charles II of Navarre. Who or what caused his death?

9. Why was King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria feast significant?

10. Where is the Fertile Crescent and how is this setting described?

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