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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What turns the brine into salt crystals?
(a) Over heating.
(b) Photogenis.
(c) Water drenching.
(d) Solar evaporation.

2. What did the purple dye represent?
(a) Homosexuals.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Plebians.
(d) Christians.

3. What group was the ruling class of Rome?
(a) The regiments.
(b) The patricians.
(c) The democrats.
(d) The plebeians.

4. What had to be done to English bacon before one cooked it?
(a) Dip it in water.
(b) Cover it with egg yolk.
(c) Scrub with a cloth.
(d) Hand it out to dry.

5. What animal did the Celts prize over all others?
(a) The cow.
(b) The dog.
(c) The pig.
(d) The sheep.

6. How is Yi Dun believed to have made salt?
(a) By chipping the salt stone into small pieces.
(b) By leaving brine out in the sun.
(c) By boiling brine in iron pans.
(d) By soaking the saltstone in drinking water.

7. Which culture was known to have a God of Salt?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The native Americans.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Romans.

8. What kind of sauce is Garum?
(a) Tomato sauce.
(b) Fish sauce.
(c) Cheese sauce.
(d) Chili sauce.

9. On what day did the Catholics ban the eating of meat?
(a) Mondays.
(b) Sundays.
(c) Fridays.
(d) Thurdays.

10. What is the name of the national dish of Poland?
(a) Bigos.
(b) Nakladany Hermelin.
(c) Plethora.
(d) Tartar.

11. What is the title of Chapter 15?
(a) Preseving Independence.
(b) The Dean of Salt.
(c) Popping to the Mine.
(d) The Creation of a New World.

12. What famous drilling technique became the most advance drilling technique for seven or eight centuries?
(a) Capo drilling.
(b) Percussion drilling.
(c) Hotrod drilling.
(d) Depth drilling.

13. What food product was particularly popular in Rome and abroad?
(a) Salted olive.
(b) Pickled gherkin.
(c) Pickled eggs.
(d) Salted fish.

14. Which salted dish became particularly popular throughout Europe?
(a) Pasties.
(b) Sauerkraut.
(c) Chutney.
(d) Kim-chi.

15. What color would the Celts paint their bodies when fighting?
(a) Pink.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous American had Parmesan shipped to America?

2. What is the title of Chapter 10?

3. What took over the Mediterranean Sea as the main trade route for salt?

4. Which Chinese river is known as the father of floods?

5. What did Veleia have that helped in the production of salt?

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