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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8(Chapter 18 The Odium of Sodium, Chapter 19 The Mythology of Geology, Chapter 20 The Soil Never Sets On).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What started developing all over England that caused problems to brine production?
(a) Pitholes.
(b) Sinkholes.
(c) Torrential rain.
(d) Earth quakes.

2. What process did Davy use to break down Nitrous Oxide?
(a) Electrolysis.
(b) Neverlitis.
(c) Cribbing.
(d) Cornolysus.

3. Who reinstated the salt tax in France?
(a) Baptiste.
(b) Louis XI.
(c) Camus.
(d) Napolean.

4. What is the name of the island the Louisiana salt works owners bought?
(a) Mormon Island.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) Dean Island.
(d) Avery Island.

5. Which county colonized India for hundreds of years?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Great Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one person bring onto Avery Island to farm?

2. In what part of the USA was oil discovered?

3. What is Ernest Jones famous for bring to Britain and the USA?

4. What is the title of Chapter 17?

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

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