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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. From approximately when does "The Ebers Papyrus" date?
(a) 1550 BCE.
(b) 1200 BCE.
(c) 1100 BCE.
(d) 1700 BCE.

2. What ingredient used by Mesopotamian brewers refers to beer-bread?
(a) Sappir.
(b) Bappir.
(c) Yuppir.
(d) Mahbid.

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

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

5. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?
(a) Classical orchestral concerts.
(b) Classical comedies.
(c) Formal drinking parties.
(d) Classical dramas.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?

2. What is the boiling point of alcohol?

3. 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"?

4. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?

5. What Roman satirist of the early second century CE is quoted in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which came first: beer or agriculture? Why?

2. When and where did wine originate?

3. What were the benefits of drinking beern in early times?

4. Where was Ancient Cordoba located? How is it described?

5. How did beer reach Western Europe? When did this happen?

6. What role has beer served in poetry and literature?

7. When did beer first orignate?

8. For what purposes was distillation employed by the Ancient Mesopotamians, Greeks, and Romans?

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

10. How did wine lead to Marcus Antonius's death?

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