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

2. The first otter trawl was built in _____.
(a) Ireland.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Newfoundland.
(d) Scotland.

3. According to one theory, the Basques are thought to be the original _____.
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Italians.
(c) Liberians.
(d) Iberians.

4. In Peru, Clarence Birdseye found a way to covert crushed remains of sugar cane into _____.
(a) Cloth.
(b) Paint.
(c) Dog food.
(d) Paper.

5. Who outlawed the Basque language?
(a) Ricardo Sáenz de Ynestrillas Pérez.
(b) Archduke Ferdinand.
(c) Juan Carlos.
(d) Francisco Franco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Salmon are prone to ____, which makes them supposedly difficult to farm.

2. What kept Newfoundland fish processing plants alive for a short time when the cod ran out?

3. Which boat was invented on the Pacific to deal with rough seas and haul in bigger catches?

4. What were sail-powered draggers called?

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

(see the answer key)

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