Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Mark Kurlansky
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Mark Kurlansky
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 98 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 are twenty-foot, deckless skiffs called?
(a) Clavids.
(b) Dories.
(c) Rowers.
(d) Schooners.

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

3. Who monopolized the Baltic herring trade and tried the same thing with dried cod in the fifteenth century?
(a) The Hanseatics.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Huns.
(d) The Vikings.

4. Who offered the English Puritans either Manhattan or Guiana as a place of refuge?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Dutch.
(d) The French.

5. What is the Basque language called?
(a) Basquian.
(b) Latinia.
(c) Euskera.
(d) Esperanza.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.

2. What does not grow native to Iceland?

3. What is considered a bread substitute in Iceland?

4. According to the author, what is the most notable sport the Basques are known for?

5. What does the word "Naumkeag" mean?

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