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

2. Why were dead bodies so important to the Egyptians?
(a) They were full of salt.
(b) They were the vessel which connected life to the afterlife.
(c) They were a reminder of how important life is.
(d) They needed the bones for sculptures.

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

4. What two stones does the author say the rock was a cross between?
(a) Lime stome and quartz.
(b) Marble and soap.
(c) Sand stone and marble.
(d) Soap and quartz.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two groups was Rome divided between?

3. What is the title of Chapter 6?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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