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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. In what part of the USA was oil discovered?
(a) The North.
(b) The East.
(c) The West.
(d) The South.

2. In which English town does Chapter 20 take place?
(a) Leighton Buzzard.
(b) Bury.
(c) Chesire.
(d) Aylesbury.

3. What did Appert invent?
(a) The use of cans for preserving food.
(b) The use of chlorine in swimming pools.
(c) The idea of drying out meat.
(d) Cooking salt.

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

5. What did people find in England while looking for salt deposits?
(a) Coal.
(b) Silver.
(c) Oil.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following Italian cities flourished after the fall of Rome?

2. What does the author say is the lesser known river of England?

3. Which culture was known to have a God of Salt?

4. Who is known as the most famous of Genoese sailors?

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

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