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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?
(a) 18,000 years ago.
(b) 5,000 years ago.
(c) 12,000 years ago.
(d) 9,000 years ago.

3. Who is the god of wine in Greek mythology?
(a) Athena.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Ares.

4. What Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?
(a) Riesling.
(b) Chardonnay.
(c) Falernian.
(d) Sauvignon blanc.

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

6. What word refers to repeated distillation that creates highly concentrated ethanol?
(a) Detraction.
(b) Cultivation.
(c) Aeration.
(d) Rectification.

7. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?
(a) Charles the Good.
(b) Charles the Bad.
(c) Charles the Brave.
(d) Charles the Arrogant.

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

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

10. Who united the Greeks and defeated Persia in the fourth century BCE?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Alexander the Great.
(d) Aristotle.

11. 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) 2000 BCE.
(d) 1000 BCE.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. With how many wine jars was King Scorpion I buried?

4. What does "aqua vitae" translate to in English?

5. What beer did the Aztecs offer to Mayahuel, the goddess of fertility?

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