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

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

3. How did the plebeians usually make their money?
(a) Through labor work.
(b) Through begging.
(c) Through performing.
(d) Through writings.

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

5. Which Chinese river is known as the father of floods?
(a) The Yangez.
(b) The Yangtze.
(c) The Green River.
(d) The Yellow River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two groups was Rome divided between?

2. Which empire did Marco Polo study for twenty-five years?

3. What kind of sauce is Garum?

4. What was known as Cordona's main treasure?

5. What kind of material did the Chinese use for the pipes of the first plumbing systems?

(see the answer key)

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