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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 was the professor of the French medical school of Montpellier who produced instructions for distilling win around 1300?
(a) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(b) Johannes Gutenberg.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Arnald of Villanova.

2. In what is Sahti brewed?
(a) Silver urns.
(b) Copper urns.
(c) Seashells.
(d) Hollowed-out trees.

3. The author states in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt" that during the construction of the Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the standard ration for a laborer was three or four loaves of bread and about how many jugs containing around four liters of beer?
(a) Nine.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

4. When was one of the greatest feasts of history given by King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria?
(a) 980 BCE.
(b) 620 BCE.
(c) 230 BCE.
(d) 870 BCE.

5. Where did sugar originate?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Polynesia.
(c) France.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Sugar Act passed at the end of the French and Indian War?

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

3. What does the author refer to as the world's first literary work in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?

4. Where did the magnetic compass originate?

5. Sahti is a traditional beer made where?

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