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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 did the Parma locals feed their pigs?
(a) Butter.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) ham.

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

3. What is the name of the salt lake the Chinese fought over?
(a) Lake Shanxi.
(b) Lake Pang.
(c) Lake Yuncheng.
(d) Lake Panieux.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 6?

2. How did the plebeians usually make their money?

3. What did the Romans call the salt they gave out to everybody?

4. What famous American had Parmesan shipped to America?

5. What is the direct translation of Saltzburg?

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