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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8(Chapter 18 The Odium of Sodium, Chapter 19 The Mythology of Geology, Chapter 20 The Soil Never Sets On).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does sodium become if one isolates the chemical chlorine?
(a) Carbon Monoxide.
(b) Nitrous Oxide.
(c) Bleach.
(d) Chlorine.

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

3. What country was Matthias Schleiden from?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Austria.
(d) Germany.

4. What is the main town of Merseyside?
(a) Cheshire.
(b) Wallasey.
(c) Chester.
(d) Liverpool.

5. What is the name of the canal the Americans built on New York to transport salt?
(a) The Cod.
(b) The Weener.
(c) The Amsterdam.
(d) The Erie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which culture was known to have a God of Salt?

2. What is ketchup named after?

3. What fish needs to be salted immediately or it will go bad?

4. In which English town does Chapter 20 take place?

5. Which of the following industries was one of the cornerstones of the Roman economy?

(see the answer key)

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