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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 Basque language called?
(a) Euskera.
(b) Esperanza.
(c) Basquian.
(d) Latinia.

2. Sterling", according to Kurlansky, means what?
(a) Commonly available.
(b) Of assured value.
(c) 100% silver.
(d) Pound.

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

4. If hauled up from freezing water, cod will _____ because of a protein they produce.
(a) Crystallize.
(b) Turn to jelly.
(c) Explode.
(d) Implode.

5. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?
(a) The Pinware River.
(b) The St. Lawrence.
(c) The Mississippi.
(d) The Hudson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the best shore spaces for drying catch called?

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

3. Where were most explorers trying to get to in the 16th century?

4. Which now-extinct bird would flock overhead and darken the sky in 16th century North America?

5. What is a growth that is produced from the nitrates being stirred up by conflicting currents?

(see the answer key)

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