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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which international organization met in 1973 to expand ocean sovereignty?
(a) International Fisheries Council.
(b) NATO.
(c) The UN Seabed Committee.
(d) The Northern Seas Alliance.

2. Which author's novel described too many fishermen on the banks working the same grounds.
(a) Kipling.
(b) Stevenson.
(c) Auden.
(d) Thoreau.

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

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

5. What do humpback whales feed on?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Diatoms.
(c) Krill.
(d) Plankton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1995, a system was initiated to restrict the total cod catch to _____ percent of the estimated stock.

2. Sterling", according to Kurlansky, means what?

3. Clarence Birdseye was passing the winter in _____ when he discovered how to freeze food.

4. What was the original name of John Cabot?

5. Where was John Cabot born?

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