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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the air bladder of the cod used for in industry?
(a) Fiberglass.
(b) Kevlar.
(c) Isinglass.
(d) Fishing line.

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

3. Which London newspaper reported that the Icelanders were very difficult to deal with in the third Cod War?
(a) The Daily Mirror.
(b) The Guardian.
(c) The Financial Times.
(d) The Times.

4. What are most houses in Iceland made out of now?
(a) Wood.
(b) Rock.
(c) Metal or concrete.
(d) Mud or brick.

5. In the 1780's, British medicine decided cod-liver oil was a remedy for _____.
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Rheumatism.
(d) Melancholy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What company did Clarence Birdseye found in Gloucester?

3. According to the author, what is the most notable sport the Basques are known for?

4. What were lobsters considered to be by the Pilgrims?

5. What was the Northern European product called when winter fish is dried without salting?

(see the answer key)

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