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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 food is it thought that Marco Polo introduced to Italy?
(a) Olive oil.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Chocolate.

2. What is Ernest Jones famous for bring to Britain and the USA?
(a) Saltstone.
(b) Limestone.
(c) Physiotherapy.
(d) Psychoanalysis.

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

4. How is Yi Dun believed to have made salt?
(a) By leaving brine out in the sun.
(b) By soaking the saltstone in drinking water.
(c) By chipping the salt stone into small pieces.
(d) By boiling brine in iron pans.

5. What group was the ruling class of Rome?
(a) The democrats.
(b) The plebeians.
(c) The patricians.
(d) The regiments.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What other country developed a sauce similar to Garum?

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

5. What do Parma locals combine milk curds with to make their cheese?

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