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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. What do humpback whales feed on?
(a) Krill.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Diatoms.
(d) Plankton.

2. What commodity did Bartholomew Gosnold find in North America?
(a) Sassafras.
(b) Corn.
(c) Gold.
(d) Potatoes.

3. What is the name of the long tube of air bladder in a cod that fills and adjusts swimming depth?
(a) The balloon.
(b) The floater.
(c) The buoy.
(d) The sound.

4. What were wind-dried whiting wetted with seawater to give them a special taste called?
(a) Finnan haddie.
(b) Kippers.
(c) Salthake.
(d) Speldings.

5. What does "Hanse" mean in Middle High German?
(a) Ship.
(b) Higher power.
(c) Fellowship.
(d) Cod.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is cod pickled with in barrels?

2. What was the French salt tax called?

3. Europe's best salt was supposed to have come from which country?

4. What is stuffed cod stomach called in the Scottish Highlands?

5. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?

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