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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Parma locals combine milk curds with to make their cheese?
(a) Salt.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Pepper.
(d) Cream.

3. What did the purple dye represent?
(a) Christians.
(b) Plebians.
(c) Homosexuals.
(d) Royalty.

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

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

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

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

8. What is the name of the salt lake the Chinese fought over?
(a) Lake Panieux.
(b) Lake Pang.
(c) Lake Shanxi.
(d) Lake Yuncheng.

9. What did the Romans call the salt they gave out to everybody?
(a) Common salt.
(b) The people's salt.
(c) Salt of the earth.
(d) Pleb salt.

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

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

12. Why was cod such an important find?
(a) It was cheap to prodice.
(b) It was plentiful.
(c) They are easy to breed.
(d) It has little fat.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 5?

3. Why were dead bodies so important to the Egyptians?

4. Why did the Romans used to salt their greens?

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

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