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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who united the Greeks and defeated Persia in the fourth century BCE?

2. When did Alexander the Great die from a mysterious illness?

3. When was the Molasses Act passed in London?

4. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?

5. What ingredient used by Mesopotamian brewers refers to beer-bread?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. What caused this revolt?

3. Describe the basic scientific process of distillation.

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

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

6. What was the Molasses Act and how was it received by the American colonists?

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

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

9. What cultural role did beer serve in England in the sixteenth century?

10. When did beer first orignate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution through the lens of beverages. How did different beverages influence the American colonists' response to Great Britain? How did the war itself influence beverages consumed in the early United States?

Essay Topic 2

When did distilled spirits first come into customary use as recreational beverages? What kinds of distilled spirits were the first to emerge? How were these drinks consumed? What was their economic value?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the correlations between the slave trade and distilled spirits. Why were spirits used as currency in the slave trade? How did the production of distilled spirits factor into the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

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