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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the process in which the Japanese ferment beans in earthen pots?
(a) Oxidization.
(b) Lactic acid fermentation.
(c) Chloride fermentation.
(d) Acidization.

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

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

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

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

6. What is ketchup named after?
(a) A Czech engineer.
(b) A Chinese philosopher.
(c) An Indonesian fish.
(d) A British salt miner.

7. Which culture was known to have a God of Salt?
(a) The native Americans.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Romans.

8. On which river are the Salzburg and Hallein salt mines located?
(a) The Vltavska.
(b) The Thames.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The Riveria.

9. Why were dead bodies so important to the Egyptians?
(a) They were full of salt.
(b) They needed the bones for sculptures.
(c) They were a reminder of how important life is.
(d) They were the vessel which connected life to the afterlife.

10. What is the title of Chapter 15?
(a) Preseving Independence.
(b) Popping to the Mine.
(c) The Dean of Salt.
(d) The Creation of a New World.

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

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

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

14. What do the French age their cheese in?
(a) Boxes.
(b) Barrels.
(c) Coffee jars.
(d) Catacombs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 6?

2. What famous American had Parmesan shipped to America?

3. What color would the Celts paint their bodies when fighting?

4. What animal did the Celts prize over all others?

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

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