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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - A Fish Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offered the English Puritans either Manhattan or Guiana as a place of refuge?
(a) The Dutch.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The French.

2. What is the name of the only tropical cod that remains today?
(a) Whiting.
(b) Cusk.
(c) Bregmaceros.
(d) Hake.

3. What is the air bladder of the cod used for in industry?
(a) Fiberglass.
(b) Fishing line.
(c) Isinglass.
(d) Kevlar.

4. What was the French salt tax called?
(a) Gabelle.
(b) Sels tax.
(c) Gabargent.
(d) Franc sel.

5. What is the name of the tropical body of water that once ran around the earth east-west and connected all the oceans?
(a) The Proto-Caribbean Sea.
(b) The Tethys Sea.
(c) The Chixiclub Sea,
(d) The Panthalassic Ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do humpback whales feed on?

2. What is the Anglo-Saxon word that means "a place that has salt"?

3. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".

4. What are cod called after the larval stage?

5. Who was the father of Erik the Red?

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