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

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

3. How does one know if an English town was once a salt producing town?
(a) It has a Cathedral.
(b) It has pool at the end of its name.
(c) It now has closed off mines.
(d) It has wich at the end of its name.

4. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between.
(b) Salting it Away in the Adriatic.
(c) Floating on the water.
(d) Foolish Wanderings in the Dead Sea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the direct translation of Saltzburg?

2. What is the title of Chapter 10?

3. What culture is the author talking about at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. In which country is Salzburg a town?

5. What do the French age their cheese in?

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