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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 Summary (Chapter 3 Saltmen Hard as Codfish, Chapter 4 Salt's Salad Days).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between.
(b) The Salt of the Earth.
(c) Opening the Way for Others.
(d) A Sprinkle of Salt Goes a Long Way.

2. How do the Chinese refer to the system of harvesting the square crystals on the surface of the water?
(a) Chipping and licking.
(b) Carving and holing.
(c) Filing and combing.
(d) Dragging and gathering.

3. What did the Romans call the salt they gave out to everybody?
(a) Common salt.
(b) Salt of the earth.
(c) The people's salt.
(d) Pleb salt.

4. What two groups was Rome divided between?
(a) Patricians and plebeians.
(b) Gods and men.
(c) Celts and Huns.
(d) Normans and Romans.

5. Which of the following industries was one of the cornerstones of the Roman economy?
(a) The Garum sauce trade.
(b) The salted fish trade.
(c) The saltstone trade.
(d) The tartar steak trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the process in which the Japanese ferment beans in earthen pots?

2. What kind of material did the Chinese use for the pipes of the first plumbing systems?

3. What is the direct translation of Saltzburg?

4. What kind of sauce is Garum?

5. What famous drilling technique became the most advance drilling technique for seven or eight centuries?

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