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

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

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

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

5. Which of the following did the Chinese not invent?
(a) Papermaking.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) The compass.
(d) The radio.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Yi Dun believed to have made salt?

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

4. What is the direct translation of Saltzburg?

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

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