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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 Summary (Chapter 5 Salting it Away in the Adriatic, Chapter 6, Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal did the Celts prize over all others?
(a) The pig.
(b) The sheep.
(c) The dog.
(d) The cow.

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

3. For which Italian city did the Barcelonans buy imported salt?
(a) Parma.
(b) Genoa.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rome.

4. Which empire did Marco Polo study for twenty-five years?
(a) The British empire.
(b) The Aztec empire.
(c) The Mongol empire.
(d) The Spanish empire.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following industries was one of the cornerstones of the Roman economy?

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

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

5. Why did the Romans used to salt their greens?

(see the answer key)

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