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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10(Chapter 24 Ma, La, and Mao, Chapter 25 More Salt Than Fish, Chapter 26 Big Lake, Little Salt).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What county is the author talking about at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) France.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

2. What was the most famous brand of sea salt from India before the British came?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Burra.
(c) Baltic.
(d) Orissa.

3. What group was the ruling class of Rome?
(a) The plebeians.
(b) The patricians.
(c) The democrats.
(d) The regiments.

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

5. Who reinstated the salt tax in France?
(a) Baptiste.
(b) Napolean.
(c) Louis XI.
(d) Camus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following Italian cities flourished after the fall of Rome?

2. Why did the British ban Orissa salt?

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

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

5. What famous event happened in India in 1857?

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