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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: "Spirits in the Colonial Period".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From approximately when does "The Ebers Papyrus" date?
(a) 1100 BCE.
(b) 1200 BCE.
(c) 1550 BCE.
(d) 1700 BCE.

2. Who wrote Works and Days in the eighth century BCE?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Hesiod.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

3. When was Homer's Odyssey written?
(a) Fourth century BCE.
(b) Seventh century BCE.
(c) Eighth century BCE.
(d) Sixth century BCE.

4. On what ship was Richard Ligon aboard when he caught his first glimpse of Barbados?
(a) The Zypher.
(b) The Achilles.
(c) The Elizabeth.
(d) The Mary.

5. What was the Ancient Egyptian word for beer?
(a) Cartouche.
(b) Isis.
(c) Hekt.
(d) Oasis.

Short Answer Questions

1. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?

2. The author notes in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome" that what most distinguished the Greek approach to wine from that of other cultures was the practice of doing what?

3. Sahti is a traditional beer made where?

4. What word refers to repeated distillation that creates highly concentrated ethanol?

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

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