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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 two groups was Rome divided between?
(a) Normans and Romans.
(b) Gods and men.
(c) Celts and Huns.
(d) Patricians and plebeians.

2. What did Veleia have that helped in the production of salt?
(a) A salt mine.
(b) An underground salt spring.
(c) A salt montain.
(d) A salt lake.

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

4. What is the name of the process in which the Japanese ferment beans in earthen pots?
(a) Chloride fermentation.
(b) Acidization.
(c) Lactic acid fermentation.
(d) Oxidization.

5. Which of the following Italian cities flourished after the fall of Rome?
(a) Florence.
(b) Milan.
(c) Naples.
(d) Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of sauce is Garum?

2. How did the plebeians usually make their money?

3. Which town eventually conquered Veleia?

4. What is Ernest Jones famous for bring to Britain and the USA?

5. In which country does the author say he bought the rock?

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