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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. Harp seals do not like to deal with what part of the cod?
(a) Gills.
(b) Fish bones.
(c) Heads.
(d) Fins.

2. Who monopolized the Baltic herring trade and tried the same thing with dried cod in the fifteenth century?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Hanseatics.
(c) The Huns.
(d) The Vikings.

3. St. John's has _____ architecture.
(a) Turn-of-the-century.
(b) Victorian.
(c) Medieval.
(d) Art deco.

4. In 1944, Iceland negotiated full independence from _____.
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Denmark.

5. White strips of peanut butter-filled hard candy in St. John's are called _____.
(a) Codheads.
(b) Codfins.
(c) Codfish bones.
(d) Codsounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Newfoundland, the government tried to resettle unemployed workers to _____, where there were jobs at the National Sea Products plant.

2. Why are Arctic cod undesirable compared to Atlantic cod?

3. What does the phrase "magnimity imported" mean in the language of the southern New England coast?

4. Who outlawed the Basque language?

5. Today, fish sticks are usually _____.

(see the answer key)

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