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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 Summary (Chapter 10 The Hapsburg Pickle, Chapter 11 The Leaving of Liverpool, Chapter 12 American Salt Wars).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the purple dye represent?
(a) Plebians.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Homosexuals.
(d) Christians.

2. Why was the payment the Roman soldiers received called a salary?
(a) They celebrated their salary with a heavily salted meal.
(b) They used their money to buy salt for their families.
(c) They were sometimes paid in salt.
(d) They often saved up their money to buy salt mines.

3. Which Spanish town does the author mention in this section?
(a) Goylaya.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Cardona.

4. What meat were the Celts best known for?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Ham.
(c) Beef steak.
(d) Tartar steak.

5. Which of the following did the Chinese not invent?
(a) The compass.
(b) Papermaking.
(c) The radio.
(d) Gunpowder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food product was particularly popular in Rome and abroad?

2. What do the French age their cheese in?

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

4. Which emperor lead the Romans to victory against the Celts?

5. What had to be done to English bacon before one cooked it?

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