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

2. What other country developed a sauce similar to Garum?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) China.
(c) Japan.
(d) Thailand.

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

4. What did the Egyptians mix with Brine to make Oxalme?
(a) Olive oil.
(b) Vinegar.
(c) Fennel.
(d) Yoghurt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the purple dye represent?

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

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

4. In what way is Garum similar to soy sauce?

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

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