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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 name of the salt lake the Chinese fought over?
(a) Lake Yuncheng.
(b) Lake Panieux.
(c) Lake Pang.
(d) Lake Shanxi.

2. Why were dead bodies so important to the Egyptians?
(a) They were full of salt.
(b) They needed the bones for sculptures.
(c) They were the vessel which connected life to the afterlife.
(d) They were a reminder of how important life is.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Chinese refer to the system of harvesting the square crystals on the surface of the water?

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

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

4. Which of the following did the Chinese not invent?

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

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