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

2. Sterling", according to Kurlansky, means what?
(a) 100% silver.
(b) Commonly available.
(c) Pound.
(d) Of assured value.

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

4. Which Spanish Basque city provided anchors and metal fittings with its ironworks and grew with the cod boom?
(a) Lido.
(b) St. Michelle.
(c) Bilbao.
(d) Balboa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who outlawed the Basque language?

2. Who was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?

3. Where was John Cabot born?

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

5. If hauled up from freezing water, cod will _____ because of a protein they produce.

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