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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7( Chapter 16 The War between the Salts, Chapter 17 Red Salt).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the direct translation of Saltzburg?
(a) Salt hole.
(b) Salt town.
(c) Salt river.
(d) Salt lime.

3. Why were dead bodies so important to the Egyptians?
(a) They were the vessel which connected life to the afterlife.
(b) They needed the bones for sculptures.
(c) They were a reminder of how important life is.
(d) They were full of salt.

4. For which Italian city did the Barcelonans buy imported salt?
(a) Parma.
(b) Florence.
(c) Rome.
(d) Genoa.

5. In which country does the author say he bought the rock?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) USA.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country does the author write about in Chapter 12?

2. Which salted dish became particularly popular throughout Europe?

3. What fish did the Basque find was more valuable than whale meat?

4. Which town eventually conquered Veleia?

5. What did the American south lack adequate supplies for against the north?

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