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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Limits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Hanse" mean in Middle High German?
(a) Ship.
(b) Fellowship.
(c) Higher power.
(d) Cod.

2. What was the Northern European product called when winter fish is dried without salting?
(a) Ling cod.
(b) Stockfish.
(c) Kippering.
(d) Smelting.

3. What were thick rubber gloves with cotton lining that fishermen wore called?
(a) Nippers.
(b) Mitts.
(c) Skimmers.
(d) Stiffs.

4. Who were infamous on the Grand Banks for the harshness of their working conditions?
(a) The Portuguese.
(b) The French.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The British.

5. Which London newspaper reported that the Icelanders were very difficult to deal with in the third Cod War?
(a) The Guardian.
(b) The Financial Times.
(c) The Daily Mirror.
(d) The Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1598, with whom were the Catholics at war?

2. "In gadiform fish, evolution is seen in the _____."

3. Who was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?

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

5. Dorymen's wives made sails for them sewn from _____.

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