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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Limits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which schooner is now tied up as part of a maritime museum in Nova Scotia?
(a) The Theresa E. Connor.
(b) The Bluenose.
(c) The Thomas S. Gorton.
(d) The Halifax Fishherder.

2. Who conjectured that cod was named after a husk of seeds because the female holds so many eggs?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) Samuel Johnson.

3. The 19th-century debate over longlining seemed to have been fueled by _____.
(a) Fatalism.
(b) Colonialism.
(c) Conservation.
(d) Nationalism.

4. What is considered a bread substitute in Iceland?
(a) Herring.
(b) Stockfish.
(c) Corn muffins.
(d) Crackers.

5. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?
(a) The Pinware River.
(b) The Hudson.
(c) The St. Lawrence.
(d) The Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the 1780's, British medicine decided cod-liver oil was a remedy for _____.

3. What is the throat of the cod called?

4. Where was John Cabot born?

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

(see the answer key)

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