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

2. What is a lost net that can continue to fish for as long as five years called?
(a) A Davy Jones.
(b) A ghost net.
(c) A rogue net.
(d) A gill knocker.

3. Newfoundland became a province of _____ after World War II.
(a) Canada.
(b) The U.S.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Britain.

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

5. Pollock is vanishing from which Russian sea?
(a) White.
(b) East Siberian.
(c) Caspian.
(d) Okhotsk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country, which doesn't have a history of international cooperation, is expanding its fishing capacity?

2. What midwater species of fish seem suddenly to fill the seas as the cod numbers dwindle?

3. 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?

4. Newlyn is really a _____ town.

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

(see the answer key)

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