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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) Haddock.
(c) Pollock.
(d) Burbot.

2. Europe's best salt was supposed to have come from which country?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Britain.
(d) Portugal.

3. The eating habits of cod are classified as _____.
(a) Frugivorous.
(b) Herbivorous.
(c) Carnivorous.
(d) Omnivorous.

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

5. Who monopolized the Baltic herring trade and tried the same thing with dried cod in the fifteenth century?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Huns.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The Hanseatics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original name of John Cabot?

2. Who was sent to Guiana as a death sentence in the 16th century?

3. Where were most explorers trying to get to in the 16th century?

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

5. What is the name of the tropical body of water that once ran around the earth east-west and connected all the oceans?

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