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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. What two stones does the author say the rock was a cross between?
(a) Marble and soap.
(b) Sand stone and marble.
(c) Soap and quartz.
(d) Lime stome and quartz.

2. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between.
(b) Foolish Wanderings in the Dead Sea.
(c) Salting it Away in the Adriatic.
(d) Floating on the water.

3. Why was the payment the Roman soldiers received called a salary?
(a) They were sometimes paid in salt.
(b) They celebrated their salary with a heavily salted meal.
(c) They used their money to buy salt for their families.
(d) They often saved up their money to buy salt mines.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of sauce is Garum?

2. For which Italian city did the Barcelonans buy imported salt?

3. What is the direct translation of Via Salaria?

4. What is Parmigiano-Reggiano more commonly known as?

5. Which emperor lead the Romans to victory against the Celts?

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