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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 was known as Cordona's main treasure?
(a) A silver mine.
(b) A gold mine.
(c) A mountain of salt.
(d) A sealake.

2. What food product was particularly popular in Rome and abroad?
(a) Pickled eggs.
(b) Pickled gherkin.
(c) Salted olive.
(d) Salted fish.

3. What kind of sauce is Garum?
(a) Fish sauce.
(b) Chili sauce.
(c) Cheese sauce.
(d) Tomato sauce.

4. What is the name of the process in which the Japanese ferment beans in earthen pots?
(a) Oxidization.
(b) Chloride fermentation.
(c) Lactic acid fermentation.
(d) Acidization.

5. What famous drilling technique became the most advance drilling technique for seven or eight centuries?
(a) Hotrod drilling.
(b) Percussion drilling.
(c) Capo drilling.
(d) Depth drilling.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which country does the author say he bought the rock?

2. What is the title of Chapter 6?

3. Why was the payment the Roman soldiers received called a salary?

4. Which Spanish town does the author mention in this section?

5. What two groups was Rome divided between?

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