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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the fall of Carthage occur at the end of the Third Punic War?
(a) 368 BCE.
(b) 120 BCE.
(c) 212 BCE.
(d) 146 BCE.

2. When did Englishman Richart Ligon catch his first glimpse of the Caribbean island of Barbados?
(a) 1647.
(b) 1669.
(c) 1717.
(d) 1623.

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

4. What is the boiling point of alcohol?
(a) 78 degrees centigrade.
(b) 100 degrees centigrade.
(c) 56 degrees centigrade.
(d) 98 degrees centigrade.

5. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?
(a) Wage lists and tax receipts.
(b) Poems and short stoies.
(c) Epic hunting stories.
(d) Plays and novels.

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

7. Who developed the printing press in the 1430s?
(a) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(b) Arnald of Villanova.
(c) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(d) Johannes Gutenberg.

8. When did Britain defeat the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1779.
(d) 1805.

9. 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) Burning off the alcohol in wine before consumption.
(c) Distilling wine into brandy before consumption.
(d) Toasting cheers before consumption.

10. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?
(a) The Nile River.
(b) The Ganges River.
(c) The Amazon River.
(d) The Euphates River.

11. The earliest physical evidence of wine production comes from red residue in a pottery jar that has been dated to approximately what year?
(a) 690 BCE.
(b) 1200 BCE.
(c) 5400 BCE.
(d) 2300 BCE.

12. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?
(a) 3400 BCE.
(b) 1500 BCE.
(c) 2300 BCE.
(d) 4500 BCE.

13. What does "aqua ardens" translate to in English?
(a) Burning water.
(b) Bubbling water.
(c) Love potion.
(d) Water of life.

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

15. In what mountain region was wine likely first produced in the Neothilic period, according to the author in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?
(a) The Himalayan Mountains.
(b) The Alps.
(c) The Andes Mountains.
(d) The Zagros Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was the professor of the French medical school of Montpellier who produced instructions for distilling win around 1300?

4. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?

5. The great feast of King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria described in Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome" was to mark the inauguration of his new capital in what city?

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