In this podcast episode, Roma Agrawal and Roman Mars discuss the history of nails. The recording is divided into two sections. You can listen once all the way through, and then listen again to both sections separately. Read the questions carefully and choose the best alternative.
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6.1 What did the Romans do when they had to leave Scotland? (3 p.)

They transported their nails elsewhere
They rendered their nails useless
They concealed their nails from view


6.2 What aspect related to nails is not widely known? (3 p.)

They were expensive commodities
They were made of varying materials
They were earlier a means of payment

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6.3 Why did people burn their houses in the USA in the past? (3 p.)

To sell the nails for great profit
To facilitate constructing new ones
To obey their British colonizers


6.4 What did the old Virginian law dictate? (3 p.)

You will be rewarded if you save your old house
You will be punished if you burn your house down
You will be given a new house if you move elsewhere