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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. 16th century salt was produced by _____.
(a) Chemical extraction.
(b) Mining.
(c) Erosion.
(d) Evaporation.

2. What is stuffed cod stomach called in the Scottish Highlands?
(a) Float porridge.
(b) Liver-muggie.
(c) Haggis.
(d) Whelp.

3. Where were most explorers trying to get to in the 16th century?
(a) Russia.
(b) Asia.
(c) California.
(d) South America.

4. 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 Panthalassic Ocean.
(c) The Tethys Sea.
(d) The Chixiclub Sea,

5. What is cod pickled with in barrels?
(a) Brine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the throat of the cod called?

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

4. The colonial governor of New Amsterdam wrote of six-foot _____ in 1649.

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

(see the answer key)

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