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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - A Fish Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the only tropical cod that remains today?
(a) Whiting.
(b) Cusk.
(c) Bregmaceros.
(d) Hake.

2. Who backed Giovanni da Verrazzano on his travels?
(a) Italian pottery makers.
(b) British whalers.
(c) Portuguese salt merchants.
(d) French silk merchants.

3. Where were slaves purchased with cured cod?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) West Africa.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Tanzania.

4. Which Spanish Basque city provided anchors and metal fittings with its ironworks and grew with the cod boom?
(a) Lido.
(b) St. Michelle.
(c) Balboa.
(d) Bilbao.

5. According to the author, what is the most notable sport the Basques are known for?
(a) Field hockey.
(b) Badminton.
(c) Jai alai.
(d) Table tennis.

Short Answer Questions

1. The eating habits of cod are classified as _____.

2. Who monopolized the Baltic herring trade and tried the same thing with dried cod in the fifteenth century?

3. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".

4. What is a growth that is produced from the nitrates being stirred up by conflicting currents?

5. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.

(see the answer key)

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