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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One-third of the Iceland town of Heimaey was destroyed by _____ in 1973?
(a) Floods.
(b) A volcanic eruption.
(c) A fire.
(d) A hurricane.

2. Where was John Cabot born?
(a) Iberia.
(b) Milan.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Bristol.

3. What does the word "Naumkeag" mean?
(a) Mountain people.
(b) Fishing place.
(c) Running horses.
(d) Farming land.

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

5. Equipment that waits for the fish is called _____.
(a) Passive gear.
(b) Dead netting.
(c) Comstocks.
(d) Diggers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is cod pickled with in barrels?

2. What 1901 convention establishing the three-mile limit was nullified in 1944?

3. What was invented in the mid-19th century that was slow to catch on in the fishing industry?

4. The 19th-century debate over longlining seemed to have been fueled by _____.

5. "In gadiform fish, evolution is seen in the _____."

(see the answer key)

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