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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 was the premier French fishing port in Newfoundland in the early 16th century?
(a) Le Grys.
(b) Bayonne.
(c) La Rochelle.
(d) Le Cygne.

2. 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.

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) Christopher Columbus.
(b) John Smith.
(c) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(d) John Cabot.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scientific name for cod?

2. What was the original name of John Cabot?

3. What color of the meat of a cod is the result of sluggish muscle tissue?

4. What were wind-dried whiting wetted with seawater to give them a special taste called?

5. What do New Englanders call smaller thin-shelled quahogs?

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