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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. The eating habits of cod are classified as _____.
(a) Omnivorous.
(b) Frugivorous.
(c) Carnivorous.
(d) Herbivorous.

2. Who conjectured that cod was named after a husk of seeds because the female holds so many eggs?
(a) John Cabot.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Samuel Johnson.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

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

4. What was the name of the island that Thomas Croft and John Jay searched for in the Atlantic?
(a) Appat.
(b) Gough.
(c) Hy-Brasil.
(d) Gran Canaria.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was sent to Guiana as a death sentence in the 16th century?

2. Who outlawed the Basque language?

3. Who was the father of Erik the Red?

4. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?

5. Who backed Giovanni da Verrazzano on his travels?

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