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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. Who backed Giovanni da Verrazzano on his travels?
(a) French silk merchants.
(b) Portuguese salt merchants.
(c) Italian pottery makers.
(d) British whalers.

2. What were wind-dried whiting wetted with seawater to give them a special taste called?
(a) Finnan haddie.
(b) Kippers.
(c) Salthake.
(d) Speldings.

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

4. Who was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?
(a) John Smith.
(b) John Cabot.
(c) Erik the Red.
(d) John the Broad.

5. According to one theory, the Basques are thought to be the original _____.
(a) Liberians.
(b) Italians.
(c) Iberians.
(d) Portuguese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the one freshwater cod?

2. What is the air bladder of the cod used for in industry?

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

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

5. Where was John Cabot born?

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