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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it called when Norwegian farm cod are starved before they go to market to make their flesh whiter?
(a) Purging.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Venting.
(d) Dusting.

2. Which British foreign secretary commented on the third Cod War saying that both sides have shown valor, but there was no need to show virility?
(a) James Callaghan.
(b) Anthony Crosland.
(c) Robin Cook.
(d) David Miliband.

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

4. What midwater species of fish seem suddenly to fill the seas as the cod numbers dwindle?
(a) Melanonids.
(b) Pelagic.
(c) Gadiform.
(d) Bregmacerotids.

5. Dorymen's wives made sails for them sewn from _____.
(a) Towels.
(b) Old clothes.
(c) Old sheets.
(d) Flour sacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it called when a net is dragged along the ocean floor?

2. Blackfish are considered _____.

3. Harp seals do not like to deal with what part of the cod?

4. In 1944, Iceland negotiated full independence from _____.

5. Johann Sigurjonsson is _____ of the Marine Research Institute in Iceland.

(see the answer key)

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