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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What two groups was Rome divided between?

4. What is the main town of Merseyside?

5. What vegetable did the French peasants serve lean blubber with?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way can American history be described as a constant struggle over salt?

2. How did ketchup develop into tomato ketchup?

3. Why did the author become fascinated by salt?

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

5. Why was the castle of Cardona built on a mountainside?

6. Why were the Celts viewed as fearsome warriors?

7. Why is cod a perfect fish for salting?

8. What did Marco Polo do while in Mongolia?

9. What was the policy known as common salt?

10. Why did pilgrims in New England rely so heavily on salt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was Humphry Davy in the development of salt? What problems has Davy's discovery caused?

Essay Topic 2

In what way has salt been an indicator of wealth? How have the authorities tries to use salt to control the masses?

Essay Topic 3

Why is salt essential to our diet? What problems can too much salt in our diets cause?

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