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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. Which international organization met in 1973 to expand ocean sovereignty?
(a) The UN Seabed Committee.
(b) International Fisheries Council.
(c) NATO.
(d) The Northern Seas Alliance.

2. "In gadiform fish, evolution is seen in the _____."
(a) Fins.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Tails.
(d) Gills.

3. What is the leading cause of death on a modern trawler?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Being crushed by machinery.
(c) Falling overboard.
(d) Freezing to death.

4. Ralph Mayo called the unrealistic optimism about the damage done to cod stocks _____.
(a) "The old thinking".
(b) "The new ideal".
(c) "The new math".
(d) "The perception problem".

5. Cod are supposedly good for farming because of a _____ social structure.
(a) Herding.
(b) Solitary.
(c) Nomadic.
(d) Hierarchical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was sent to Guiana as a death sentence in the 16th century?

2. "Clipper schooners" carried a lot of sail. Why were they dangerous?

3. In Peru, Clarence Birdseye found a way to covert crushed remains of sugar cane into _____.

4. What was invented in the mid-19th century that was slow to catch on in the fishing industry?

5. What is the name of the only tropical cod that remains today?

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