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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Rome sack the Greek colony of Syracuse?
(a) 120 BCE.
(b) 169 BCE.
(c) 212 BCE.
(d) 356 BCE.

2. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?
(a) 2400 BCE.
(b) 1200 BCE.
(c) 1600 BCE.
(d) 900 BCE.

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

4. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?
(a) 18,000 years ago.
(b) 9,000 years ago.
(c) 12,000 years ago.
(d) 5,000 years ago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what Sumerian city comes the oldest surviving record of the use of alcohol in medicine?

2. When was Homer's Odyssey written?

3. What enzymes convert starch within grain into maltose sugar, or malt?

4. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?

5. Who is the god of wine in Greek mythology?

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