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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were most explorers trying to get to in the 16th century?
(a) South America.
(b) Russia.
(c) Asia.
(d) California.

2. What was the name of the island that Thomas Croft and John Jay searched for in the Atlantic?
(a) Gough.
(b) Appat.
(c) Hy-Brasil.
(d) Gran Canaria.

3. What color of the meat of a cod is the result of sluggish muscle tissue?
(a) Gray.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

4. Who believed that if Britain lost its Newfoundland fishing ships based in Plymouth alone, it would be the greatest blow the country has ever been given?
(a) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) John Smith.

5. Who was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?
(a) John the Broad.
(b) John Smith.
(c) Erik the Red.
(d) John Cabot.

6. Who was sent to Guiana as a death sentence in the 16th century?
(a) John Cabot.
(b) Marco Polo.
(c) Juan Martinez.
(d) Thomas Huxley.

7. What does the word "Naumkeag" mean?
(a) Farming land.
(b) Fishing place.
(c) Running horses.
(d) Mountain people.

8. Which Spanish Basque city provided anchors and metal fittings with its ironworks and grew with the cod boom?
(a) Balboa.
(b) St. Michelle.
(c) Bilbao.
(d) Lido.

9. Who outlawed the Basque language?
(a) Ricardo Sáenz de Ynestrillas Pérez.
(b) Francisco Franco.
(c) Archduke Ferdinand.
(d) Juan Carlos.

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

11. What is cod pickled with in barrels?
(a) Brine.
(b) Wine.
(c) Beer.
(d) Vinegar.

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

13. What is the name of the tropical body of water that once ran around the earth east-west and connected all the oceans?
(a) The Proto-Caribbean Sea.
(b) The Panthalassic Ocean.
(c) The Chixiclub Sea,
(d) The Tethys Sea.

14. According to the author, what is the most notable sport the Basques are known for?
(a) Field hockey.
(b) Badminton.
(c) Jai alai.
(d) Table tennis.

15. What commodity did Bartholomew Gosnold find in North America?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Gold.
(c) Corn.
(d) Sassafras.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is stuffed cod stomach called in the Scottish Highlands?

2. According to one theory, the Basques are thought to be the original _____.

3. Which now-extinct bird would flock overhead and darken the sky in 16th century North America?

4. What is the throat of the cod called?

5. Who was the father of Erik the Red?

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