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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Yi Dun believed to have made salt?
(a) By leaving brine out in the sun.
(b) By boiling brine in iron pans.
(c) By chipping the salt stone into small pieces.
(d) By soaking the saltstone in drinking water.

2. Why did Egyptian priests abstain from salt?
(a) It damaged one's skin.
(b) It killed brain power.
(c) It was addictive.
(d) It excited sexual desire.

3. What food product was particularly popular in Rome and abroad?
(a) Pickled eggs.
(b) Pickled gherkin.
(c) Salted fish.
(d) Salted olive.

4. Which town eventually conquered Veleia?
(a) Naples.
(b) Parma.
(c) Florence.
(d) Milan.

5. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between.
(b) The Salt of the Earth.
(c) Opening the Way for Others.
(d) A Sprinkle of Salt Goes a Long Way.

6. In which country is Salzburg a town?
(a) Austria.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) France.

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

8. In which state did Jefferson live?
(a) New York.
(b) California.
(c) Virginia.
(d) North Carolina.

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

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

11. What famous drilling technique became the most advance drilling technique for seven or eight centuries?
(a) Hotrod drilling.
(b) Percussion drilling.
(c) Capo drilling.
(d) Depth drilling.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What took over the Mediterranean Sea as the main trade route for salt?

2. What turns the brine into salt crystals?

3. What did the Romans call the salt they gave out to everybody?

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

5. Which emperor lead the Romans to victory against the Celts?

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