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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did a group of speculators find salt deposits underground?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mexico.
(d) New York.

2. What was the most famous brand of sea salt from India before the British came?
(a) Orissa.
(b) Baltic.
(c) Burra.
(d) Ruby.

3. What did people find in the USA whilst looking for salt deposits?
(a) Oil.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Coal.

4. What is Nitrous Oxide more commonly known as?
(a) Laughing gas.
(b) Tear gas.
(c) Jumping gas.
(d) Jack gas.

5. What was the French salt tax also known as?
(a) The Gabelle.
(b) The Toulouse.
(c) The Chappelle.
(d) The Rogue.

6. Which of the following type of fish is not commonly salted?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Capers
(c) Anchovies.
(d) Sole.

7. What ocean did people originally think the Dead Sea was part of?
(a) The Atlantic.
(b) The Indian.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) The Pacific.

8. What is the name of the sea that runs alongside Jordan and Israel?
(a) The Persian Sea.
(b) The Red Sea.
(c) The Kuwait Sea.
(d) The Dead Sea.

9. What type of drilling took over percussion drilling in 1943?
(a) Force drilling.
(b) Clock drilling.
(c) Pnuematic drilling.
(d) Rotary drilling.

10. Where is the one place salted meats have survived?
(a) Jewish Delis.
(b) British butcher shops.
(c) Russian restaurants.
(d) Chinese restaurants.

11. What revolution began in 1789?
(a) The French revolution.
(b) The Velvet Revolution.
(c) The Amercan Revolution.
(d) The Orange Revolution.

12. What was it illegal to salt in France during the salt tax?
(a) Bread.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Fish.
(d) Coffee.

13. What river did Gandhi lead a group to in 1930 to scrape up sea salt?
(a) Dehli.
(b) Dandi.
(c) Juniper.
(d) Lahore.

14. What did Humphry Davy invent?
(a) Ketchup.
(b) Sodium.
(c) Charcoal.
(d) Chloride.

15. Which country are said to be the largest consumers of salt in the world?
(a) China.
(b) Britain.
(c) Japan.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reinstated the salt tax in France?

2. What is the name of the island the Louisiana salt works owners bought?

3. What is the name of the popular salted salmon dish?

4. Who believed that the Dead Sea would become a source of mineral wealth?

5. What country was Matthias Schleiden from?

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