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

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

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

4. What color of the meat of a cod is the result of sluggish muscle tissue?
(a) White.
(b) Pink.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Gray.

5. If hauled up from freezing water, cod will _____ because of a protein they produce.
(a) Crystallize.
(b) Turn to jelly.
(c) Implode.
(d) Explode.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is stuffed cod stomach called in the Scottish Highlands?

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

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

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

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

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