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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meat is Parma famous for producing?
(a) Tartar.
(b) Ham.
(c) Steak.
(d) Pork chops.

2. What was known as Cordona's main treasure?
(a) A silver mine.
(b) A gold mine.
(c) A sealake.
(d) A mountain of salt.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In which country is Salzburg a town?

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

5. What group was the ruling class of Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is cod a perfect fish for salting?

2. What did the Japanese used to believe about salt?

3. How did salt help in developing one of the world's first plumbing systems?

4. How did Christopher Columbus cause the decline of Venice?

5. How is Roquefort cheese made?

6. How did salt become the foundation of the commercial empire in Venice?

7. What was the policy known as common salt?

8. Why did the author become fascinated by salt?

9. How do the people of Parma make their cheese?

10. What was Garum?

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