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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 are cod called after the larval stage?
(a) Creepers.
(b) Spawn.
(c) Juveniles.
(d) Spelders.

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

3. In 1598, with whom were the Catholics at war?
(a) The Huguenots.
(b) The Hanseatics.
(c) The Hussars.
(d) The Lutherans.

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

5. Who outlawed the Basque language?
(a) Juan Carlos.
(b) Ricardo Sáenz de Ynestrillas Pérez.
(c) Archduke Ferdinand.
(d) Francisco Franco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Basque language called?

2. Where were slaves purchased with cured cod?

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

4. What is the Anglo-Saxon word that means "a place that has salt"?

5. Where was John Cabot born?

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