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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1995, a system was initiated to restrict the total cod catch to _____ percent of the estimated stock.
(a) 50.
(b) 75.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

2. Who was the longtime director of Iceland's Marine Research Institute and one of the negotiators during the third Cod War?
(a) Thor Thorsson.
(b) Jon Jonsson.
(c) Erik Grindavík.
(d) Leif Marksson.

3. Where did Ralph Mayo of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service study Georges Bank?
(a) Quick's Hole.
(b) Boston.
(c) Nova Scotia .
(d) Woods Hole.

4. In Newfoundland, the government tried to resettle unemployed workers to _____, where there were jobs at the National Sea Products plant.
(a) Georgetown.
(b) Arnold's Cove.
(c) Gin Cove.
(d) Princeton.

5. The Cod Wars started in the middle of what other war?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) The French and Indian War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1918, which Maine city was building steel-hulled trawlers?

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

3. What is it called when a net is dragged along the ocean floor?

4. The word for fresh cod in French is ____.

5. In 1944, Iceland negotiated full independence from _____.

(see the answer key)

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