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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 was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?
(a) John the Broad.
(b) Erik the Red.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) John Smith.

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

3. What is the name of the one freshwater cod?
(a) Haddock.
(b) Grayling.
(c) Burbot.
(d) Pollock.

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

5. Who backed Giovanni da Verrazzano on his travels?
(a) French silk merchants.
(b) Italian pottery makers.
(c) British whalers.
(d) Portuguese salt merchants.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. If hauled up from freezing water, cod will _____ because of a protein they produce.

4. Who outlawed the Basque language?

5. 16th century salt was produced by _____.

(see the answer key)

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