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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Dorymen's wives made sails for them sewn from _____.
(a) Towels.
(b) Old sheets.
(c) Flour sacks.
(d) Old clothes.

3. Who was Canada's biggest competitor in the cod market in the 19th century?
(a) Britain.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Norway.
(d) Iceland.

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

5. Who was the father of Erik the Red?
(a) Brodir of Man
(b) Leif Erickson.
(c) Cnut the Great.
(d) Thorwald.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do humpback whales feed on?

2. Who backed Giovanni da Verrazzano on his travels?

3. "Clipper schooners" carried a lot of sail. Why were they dangerous?

4. Which Spanish Basque city provided anchors and metal fittings with its ironworks and grew with the cod boom?

5. The 19th-century debate over longlining seemed to have been fueled by _____.

(see the answer key)

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