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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. What commodity did Bartholomew Gosnold find in North America?
(a) Sassafras.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Gold.
(d) Corn.

2. What does not grow native to Iceland?
(a) Vines.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Grass.
(d) Trees.

3. Who believed that if Britain lost its Newfoundland fishing ships based in Plymouth alone, it would be the greatest blow the country has ever been given?
(a) John Smith.
(b) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(c) Christopher Columbus.
(d) John Cabot.

4. Who was Canada's new minister of Fisheries in 1994?
(a) Cabot Martin.
(b) Yves Fortier.
(c) Brian Tobin.
(d) Arnold Lee.

5. What was the French salt tax called?
(a) Gabargent.
(b) Franc sel.
(c) Sels tax.
(d) Gabelle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the throat of the cod called?

3. A ship with onboard fish processing is called a _____.

4. Who conjectured that cod was named after a husk of seeds because the female holds so many eggs?

5. Clarence Birdseye was passing the winter in _____ when he discovered how to freeze food.

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