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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the sun god in Egyptian mythology?
(a) Iris.
(b) Ra.
(c) Osiris.
(d) Hathor.

2. What were the first animals that were domesticated throughout the Fertile Crescent between 7000 BCE and 5000 BCE?
(a) Cows and pigs.
(b) Cats and horses.
(c) Chickens and dogs.
(d) Sheep and goats.

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

4. What does the author refer to as the world's first literary work in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) The Illiad.
(d) Gilgamesh.

5. The pictogram from a seal found at Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia that shows two figures drinking beer through straws dates to approximately what age?
(a) 6000 BCE.
(b) 4000 BCE.
(c) 1000 BCE.
(d) 2000 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?

2. In what is Sahti brewed?

3. From approximately when does "The Ebers Papyrus" date?

4. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?

5. 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?

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