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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 Summary (Chapter 3 Saltmen Hard as Codfish, Chapter 4 Salt's Salad Days).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is Garum similar to soy sauce?
(a) It was used as a medicine.
(b) It was a condiment used to salt food.
(c) It is a black liquid.
(d) It contained soy beans.

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

3. Which of the following industries was one of the cornerstones of the Roman economy?
(a) The saltstone trade.
(b) The tartar steak trade.
(c) The salted fish trade.
(d) The Garum sauce trade.

4. What is the direct translation of Via Salaria?
(a) Salt path.
(b) Salt freeway.
(c) Salt river.
(d) Salt road.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the purple dye represent?

2. How do the Chinese refer to the system of harvesting the square crystals on the surface of the water?

3. Which Chinese river is known as the father of floods?

4. Which of the following did the Chinese not invent?

5. What did the Egyptians mix with Brine to make Oxalme?

(see the answer key)

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