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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. With how many wine jars was King Scorpion I buried?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 300.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 700.
2. 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) 690 BCE.
(d) 5400 BCE.
3. When did Septimus Severus rise to power?
(a) 59 BCE.
(b) 295 BCE.
(c) 356 BCE.
(d) 193 CE.
4. 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) Mardin.
(b) Assur.
(c) Nimrod.
(d) Harran.
5. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?
(a) Classical comedies.
(b) Classical dramas.
(c) Classical orchestral concerts.
(d) Formal drinking parties.
Short Answer Questions
1. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?
2. From what Sumerian city comes the oldest surviving record of the use of alcohol in medicine?
3. What word refers to a drinking horn in Ancient Greece?
4. Who developed the printing press in the 1430s?
5. When was Virginia first established by the British as a permanent settlement in the New World?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the basic scientific process of distillation.
2. Describe the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. What caused this revolt?
3. When did beer first orignate?
4. For what purposes was distillation employed by the Ancient Mesopotamians, Greeks, and Romans?
5. What role has beer served in poetry and literature?
6. When was the practice of large-scale wine production introduced? What advancements were made?
7. What are the basic components of wine and how it it processed?
8. What artifacts demonstrate the earliest of beer drinking and customs?
9. What role did wine play in Ancient Rome's culture?
10. How did wine lead to Marcus Antonius's death?
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