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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Chinese refer to the system of harvesting the square crystals on the surface of the water?
(a) Chipping and licking.
(b) Carving and holing.
(c) Filing and combing.
(d) Dragging and gathering.

2. Who is Saint Barbara the patron saint of?
(a) German salt traders.
(b) British sailors.
(c) German sailors.
(d) German salt miners.

3. What is the main town of Merseyside?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Cheshire.
(c) Wallasey.
(d) Chester.

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

5. What fish did the Basque find was more valuable than whale meat?
(a) Sardines.
(b) Sole.
(c) Cod.
(d) Goldfish.

6. What is ketchup named after?
(a) A British salt miner.
(b) A Czech engineer.
(c) A Chinese philosopher.
(d) An Indonesian fish.

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

8. Which Spanish town does the author mention in this section?
(a) Cardona.
(b) Goylaya.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Cordelia.

9. What county is the author talking about at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Sweden.

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

11. What Irish dish became the official meat of the British navy?
(a) Tartar steak.
(b) Corned beef.
(c) Danish bacon.
(d) Cure ham.

12. What took over the Mediterranean Sea as the main trade route for salt?
(a) The Pacific Ocean.
(b) The Dead Sea.
(c) The Atlantic Ocean.
(d) The Indian Ocean.

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

14. What European language group is Basque related to?
(a) Latin.
(b) None.
(c) Slavic.
(d) Germanic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents salt from absorbing into meat?

2. What did the Egyptians mix with Brine to make Oxalme?

3. What had to be done to English bacon before one cooked it?

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

5. What fish needs to be salted immediately or it will go bad?

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