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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 is the scientific name for cod?
(a) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha.
(b) Mircopterus salmoides floridanus.
(c) Pomoxis nigromaculatus.
(d) Gadus morhua.

2. From Newfoundland to southern New England, there is a series of shallow areas called _____.
(a) Banks.
(b) Pools.
(c) Shoals.
(d) Reefs.

3. What is the Anglo-Saxon word that means "a place that has salt"?
(a) Ham.
(b) Chester.
(c) Wich.
(d) Ville.

4. What did the Pilgrims fail to bring to North America that would aid in their survival?
(a) Medicines.
(b) Fishing tackle.
(c) Wool.
(d) Building tools.

5. What do New Englanders call smaller thin-shelled quahogs?
(a) Steamers.
(b) Mud bugs.
(c) Barnacles.
(d) Sandies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the tropical body of water that once ran around the earth east-west and connected all the oceans?

2. Which Spanish Basque city provided anchors and metal fittings with its ironworks and grew with the cod boom?

3. John Cabot claimed what land for England?

4. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.

5. What color of the meat of a cod is the result of sluggish muscle tissue?

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