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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 Summary (Chapter 5 Salting it Away in the Adriatic, Chapter 6, Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which empire did Marco Polo study for twenty-five years?
(a) The Spanish empire.
(b) The British empire.
(c) The Aztec empire.
(d) The Mongol empire.

2. Who is known as the most famous of Genoese sailors?
(a) Christopher Columbus.
(b) Fernando Torres.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Arraggi Sacchi.

3. What is the name of the process in which the Japanese ferment beans in earthen pots?
(a) Chloride fermentation.
(b) Acidization.
(c) Lactic acid fermentation.
(d) Oxidization.

4. What is Ernest Jones famous for bring to Britain and the USA?
(a) Limestone.
(b) Saltstone.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Physiotherapy.

5. What did Veleia have that helped in the production of salt?
(a) A salt mine.
(b) A salt lake.
(c) An underground salt spring.
(d) A salt montain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food product was particularly popular in Rome and abroad?

2. Why were dead bodies so important to the Egyptians?

3. What other country developed a sauce similar to Garum?

4. What meat were the Celts best known for?

5. What two stones does the author say the rock was a cross between?

(see the answer key)

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