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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who did the Basques learn shipbuilding from?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The British.
(d) The Spanish.

4. What two groups was Rome divided between?
(a) Patricians and plebeians.
(b) Normans and Romans.
(c) Gods and men.
(d) Celts and Huns.

5. What is the title of Chapter 13?
(a) What is Freedom?
(b) Preserving Independece.
(c) Liberte, Egalite, Tax Breaks.
(d) Salt and Independence.

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

7. What did the Egyptians mix with Brine to make Oxalme?
(a) Yoghurt.
(b) Olive oil.
(c) Fennel.
(d) Vinegar.

8. What is Ernest Jones famous for bring to Britain and the USA?
(a) Physiotherapy.
(b) Limestone.
(c) Saltstone.
(d) Psychoanalysis.

9. What Irish dish became the official meat of the British navy?
(a) Corned beef.
(b) Tartar steak.
(c) Danish bacon.
(d) Cure ham.

10. Which was most likely the first civilization to realize salting food could preserve it?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Egyptians.

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

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

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

14. What did the Parma locals feed their pigs?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Cheese.
(c) ham.
(d) Butter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does one know if an English town was once a salt producing town?

2. What the area of Bohemia now called?

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

4. What is the title of Chapter 15?

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

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