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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 kind of material did the Chinese use for the pipes of the first plumbing systems?
(a) Copper.
(b) Pine wood.
(c) Steel.
(d) Bamboo.

2. What did the Romans call the salt they gave out to everybody?
(a) Salt of the earth.
(b) Common salt.
(c) The people's salt.
(d) Pleb salt.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Parmigiano-Reggiano more commonly known as?

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

3. What two groups was Rome divided between?

4. What food is it thought that Marco Polo introduced to Italy?

5. Which emperor lead the Romans to victory against the Celts?

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