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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What took over the Mediterranean Sea as the main trade route for salt?
(a) The Indian Ocean.
(b) The Atlantic Ocean.
(c) The Dead Sea.
(d) The Pacific Ocean.

2. What prevents salt from absorbing into meat?
(a) Blood.
(b) Fat.
(c) Condensation.
(d) Bone.

3. Who is known as the most famous of Genoese sailors?
(a) Arraggi Sacchi.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Fernando Torres.

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

5. What was known as Cordona's main treasure?
(a) A silver mine.
(b) A gold mine.
(c) A sealake.
(d) A mountain of salt.

6. What kind of sauce is Garum?
(a) Cheese sauce.
(b) Tomato sauce.
(c) Fish sauce.
(d) Chili sauce.

7. What did Veleia have that helped in the production of salt?
(a) A salt lake.
(b) An underground salt spring.
(c) A salt montain.
(d) A salt mine.

8. What other country developed a sauce similar to Garum?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Thailand.

9. What vegetable did the French peasants serve lean blubber with?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Cabbage.
(c) Spinach.
(d) Peas.

10. Why did the Romans used to salt their greens?
(a) To increase fertility.
(b) As a peace offering for the Gods.
(c) To eliminate the bitterness.
(d) To protect the lining of their stomachs.

11. What fish needs to be salted immediately or it will go bad?
(a) Cod.
(b) Sole.
(c) Herring.
(d) Trout.

12. Which of the following countries did the Hapsburgs not rule over?
(a) Czech Republic.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Poland.
(d) France.

13. On what day did the Catholics ban the eating of meat?
(a) Mondays.
(b) Fridays.
(c) Sundays.
(d) Thurdays.

14. Which empire did Marco Polo study for twenty-five years?
(a) The British empire.
(b) The Spanish empire.
(c) The Mongol empire.
(d) The Aztec empire.

15. What had to be done to English bacon before one cooked it?
(a) Cover it with egg yolk.
(b) Dip it in water.
(c) Scrub with a cloth.
(d) Hand it out to dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meat is Parma famous for producing?

2. Why was the payment the Roman soldiers received called a salary?

3. What is the name of the process in which the Japanese ferment beans in earthen pots?

4. What does the author say is the lesser known river of England?

5. How is Yi Dun believed to have made salt?

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