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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which salted dish became particularly popular throughout Europe?
(a) Kim-chi.
(b) Sauerkraut.
(c) Chutney.
(d) Pasties.

2. What turns the brine into salt crystals?
(a) Photogenis.
(b) Over heating.
(c) Solar evaporation.
(d) Water drenching.

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

4. What culture is the author talking about at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Swedish.
(b) German.
(c) Norwegian.
(d) British.

5. What meat were the Celts best known for?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Beef steak.
(c) Ham.
(d) Tartar steak.

6. Which Spanish town does the author mention in this section?
(a) Goylaya.
(b) Genoa.
(c) Cardona.
(d) Cordelia.

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

8. How do the Chinese refer to the system of harvesting the square crystals on the surface of the water?
(a) Carving and holing.
(b) Chipping and licking.
(c) Dragging and gathering.
(d) Filing and combing.

9. What food is it thought that Marco Polo introduced to Italy?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Olive oil.
(d) Pasta.

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

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

12. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) The German Sauerkraut.
(b) The Hapsburg Pickle.
(c) The Leaving of Liverpool.
(d) The American Salt Wars.

13. What was the most popular fish in Europe between the 16th and 18th century?
(a) Herring.
(b) Trout.
(c) Cod.
(d) Sardines.

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

15. What the area of Bohemia now called?
(a) Slovenia.
(b) Australia.
(c) Slovakia.
(d) Czech Republic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other country developed a sauce similar to Garum?

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

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

4. What two stones does the author say the rock was a cross between?

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

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