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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Greek word refers to a form of ritual exhibitionism wherein the members of a drinking group would course through the streets in nocturnal revelry to emphasize the strength and unity of their group?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Convivium.
(c) Barbaroi.
(d) Komos.

2. What word refers to a drinking horn in Ancient Greece?
(a) Krater.
(b) Cantharos.
(c) Rhyton.
(d) Cylix.

3. What beer created by the Incas was offered to the rising sun in a golden cup and then poured onto the ground as an offering to the gods of the Earth?
(a) Sahti.
(b) Pulque.
(c) Bappir.
(d) Chicha.

4. 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) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(c) Arnald of Villanova.
(d) Johannes Gutenberg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?

2. Who is the Greek comic poet who is quoted in the opening of Part 2: "Wine in Greece and Rome"?

3. What was the nickname of Charles II of Navarre?

4. When did the first English settlers arrive in Barbados and find the island uninhabited?

5. What was Admiral Edward Vernon's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the benefits of drinking beern in early times?

2. Describe the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. What caused this revolt?

3. Why were beer and wine regarded as class distinctions in ancient civilizations?

4. Where is the Fertile Crescent and how is this setting described?

5. What role did distilled spirits play in the emergence of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

6. How did wine lead to Marcus Antonius's death?

7. When was the practice of large-scale wine production introduced? What advancements were made?

8. Why was King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria feast significant?

9. What was the Molasses Act and how was it received by the American colonists?

10. Describe the death of King Charles II of Navarre. Who or what caused his death?

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