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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which mountain erupted in 1389 on Iceland?
(a) Mt. Esja.
(b) Mt. Hekla.
(c) Mt. Askja.
(d) Mt. Hvannadalshnúkur.

2. Mid-Atlantic _____ stock is dwindling.
(a) Swordfish.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Grayling.
(d) Perch.

3. Europe's best salt was supposed to have come from which country?
(a) France.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Spain.
(d) Britain.

4. Which boat was invented on the Pacific to deal with rough seas and haul in bigger catches?
(a) The otter trawler.
(b) The stern trawler.
(c) The clipper.
(d) The three-mast schooner.

5. To the British working class, fish means _____.
(a) Cod.
(b) Haddock.
(c) Whiting.
(d) Hake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cod stocks in the _____ were measure by Norwegian officials in 1992 and were found to be healthy again.

2. The Newfoundland lawyer who took up the cause of inshore fishermen is named _____.

3. What are Greenland halibut called?

4. What are twenty-foot, deckless skiffs called?

5. Newfoundland was a self-governing colony until when?

(see the answer key)

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