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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 is the name of the one freshwater cod?
(a) Grayling.
(b) Burbot.
(c) Haddock.
(d) Pollock.

2. Who was the father of Erik the Red?
(a) Thorwald.
(b) Cnut the Great.
(c) Leif Erickson.
(d) Brodir of Man

3. What is the Basque language called?
(a) Latinia.
(b) Basquian.
(c) Esperanza.
(d) Euskera.

4. What were lobsters considered to be by the Pilgrims?
(a) Delicacies.
(b) Sea monsters.
(c) Pets.
(d) Pests.

5. What was the name of the island that Thomas Croft and John Jay searched for in the Atlantic?
(a) Appat.
(b) Hy-Brasil.
(c) Gran Canaria.
(d) Gough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the long tube of air bladder in a cod that fills and adjusts swimming depth?

2. Who conjectured that cod was named after a husk of seeds because the female holds so many eggs?

3. Where was John Cabot born?

4. Europe's best salt was supposed to have come from which country?

5. What is the name of the only tropical cod that remains today?

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