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

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?
(a) Mixing wine with water before consumption.
(b) Toasting cheers before consumption.
(c) Burning off the alcohol in wine before consumption.
(d) Distilling wine into brandy before consumption.

3. Where did Noah plant the first vineyard after being saved by the flood, according to the Bible?
(a) Mount Shasta.
(b) Mount Everest.
(c) Mount Kilimanjaro.
(d) Mount Ararat.

4. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?
(a) Three liters.
(b) Two liters.
(c) One gallon.
(d) One liter.

5. What popular drinking game in Ancient Greece involved flicking the last remaining drops of wine from a cup at a specific target?
(a) Komos.
(b) Kottabos.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Convivium.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The word "Rumbillion" was a slang word from southern England meaning what?

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

5. Who was the author of Gastronomia?

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