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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. Who returned to Iceland in 1964 and was astounded by its transformation?
(a) Erik Eriksson.
(b) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) W. H. Auden.

2. What Nova Scotia fish product was heavily salted on schooners, then dried on flakes along a rocky coastline?
(a) Gloucester gold.
(b) Salt ling.
(c) The Lunenburg cure.
(d) Hákarl.

3. Who was the longtime director of Iceland's Marine Research Institute and one of the negotiators during the third Cod War?
(a) Jon Jonsson.
(b) Thor Thorsson.
(c) Leif Marksson.
(d) Erik Grindavík.

4. Which fish in the Gulf of Mexico is a by-catch of shrimp?
(a) Pike.
(b) Gulf cod.
(c) Walleye.
(d) Red snapper.

5. What did Canadian Fisheries minister Brian Tobin call the Spanish sailors aboard the trawler that he made sure is inspected?
(a) Rogue pirates.
(b) Treasure thieves.
(c) Invaders.
(d) Scoundrels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which international organization met in 1973 to expand ocean sovereignty?

2. Nova Scotia fishermen looked for a red gravel floor favored by cod called _____.

3. In the quota system, groundfish are killed being hauled up do to _____.

4. What were the French fishing fleets called?

5. What were thick rubber gloves with cotton lining that fishermen wore called?

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