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1. Which traditional Jewish bread, typically made with eggs but no butter or milk, is eaten on Shabbat and other holidays, and is known for its braided texture?
2. Long hard-crusted French bread loaves with a legally defined dough, slits lengthwise down the loaf and fame for presence in shopping bags in movies (seriously, every bag seems to have one) are called what?
3. Which of these flat, "dotted" and typically seasoned with olive oil breads is an Italian bread, often served as a side in restaurants? It usually has herbs or other toppings.
4. Which bread originated in Ancient Egypt and gets its characteristic taste from lactic acid generated by lactobacilli bacteria that cause the dough to rise?
5. Which rounded bread well known for its popularity with Jewish cultures was invented in the sixteenth century in Poland and brought to the USA in the nineteenth century by Polish Jewish immigrants?
6. Typically, this highly enriched French bread made with a high egg and butter content is shaped with a large ball on the bottom and a smaller one atop it - which French bread is this?
7. This final French bread of the bunch has a flaky, puff-pastry-like texture, very distinct shape and a history dating to the nineteenth century. Which bread is this?
8. Which of these is a flatbread popular in South Asia, and named from Persian and Sanskrit for "bread"?
9. This sweet, dark and heavy rye bread that is baked for a long time may also include molasses or other additives to approximate traditional tastes and textures - which type of bread is this?
10. Which brittle toast, which is baked twice and used to feed teething infants, originated in Germany (if there seem to be multiple options, use the most exacting one)?
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