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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. When did the Revolutionary War begin?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1765.
(d) 1779.

2. When did the first English settlers arrive in Barbados and find the island uninhabited?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1635.
(c) 1627.
(d) 1702.

3. 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) Chicha.
(b) Sahti.
(c) Pulque.
(d) Bappir.

4. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?
(a) Charles the Good.
(b) Charles the Arrogant.
(c) Charles the Bad.
(d) Charles the Brave.

5. Who is the Greek comic poet who is quoted in the opening of Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Aristophanes.
(c) Alexander the Great.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the boiling point of water?

2. What popular drinking game in Ancient Greece involved flicking the last remaining drops of wine from a cup at a specific target?

3. Where did the magnetic compass originate?

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

5. When did Rome sack the Greek colony of Syracuse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is rum made? Where did it originate?

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

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

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

6. When and where did wine originate?

7. What role did wine play in Ancient Rome's culture?

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

9. Describe the basic scientific process of distillation.

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

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