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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. Where is Pacific cod found?
(a) Off the coast of Northern California.
(b) Near Baja California.
(c) Off Alaska.
(d) Off the coast of Chile.

2. In the 1780's, British medicine decided cod-liver oil was a remedy for _____.
(a) Rheumatism.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Anemia.
(d) Melancholy.

3. In 1881, a shipyard in Hull built a steam-powered trawler called the _____.
(a) Zodiac.
(b) Insomniac.
(c) The Merry Widow.
(d) Card Shark.

4. What was invented in the mid-19th century that was slow to catch on in the fishing industry?
(a) The wireless radio.
(b) The steam engine.
(c) Sonar.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

5. Watertight ship holds with holes for circulating seawater to keep fish alive were called _____.
(a) Live cages.
(b) Keeper holds.
(c) Cod keepers.
(d) Wet wells.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which rich fishing region was considered the laboratory for cod fishing innovation?

3. What were lobsters considered to be by the Pilgrims?

4. What was the name of the island that Thomas Croft and John Jay searched for in the Atlantic?

5. The hilltop of _____ is in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia.

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