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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?
(a) The Hudson.
(b) The Pinware River.
(c) The St. Lawrence.
(d) The Mississippi.

3. Europe's best salt was supposed to have come from which country?
(a) Britain.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

4. Where were slaves purchased with cured cod?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Tanzania.
(c) West Africa.
(d) Sudan.

5. The eating habits of cod are classified as _____.
(a) Carnivorous.
(b) Frugivorous.
(c) Omnivorous.
(d) Herbivorous.

6. What is a growth that is produced from the nitrates being stirred up by conflicting currents?
(a) Phytoplankton.
(b) Krill.
(c) Telonemia.
(d) Diatoms.

7. Where is Pacific cod found?
(a) Off the coast of Northern California.
(b) Off the coast of Chile.
(c) Near Baja California.
(d) Off Alaska.

8. What was the original name of John Cabot?
(a) Hans Kabut.
(b) Jean Cabotte.
(c) Giovanni Caboto.
(d) Juan Cabota.

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

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

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

12. Sterling", according to Kurlansky, means what?
(a) Commonly available.
(b) 100% silver.
(c) Of assured value.
(d) Pound.

13. What is the scientific name for cod?
(a) Pomoxis nigromaculatus.
(b) Mircopterus salmoides floridanus.
(c) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha.
(d) Gadus morhua.

14. 16th century salt was produced by _____.
(a) Mining.
(b) Evaporation.
(c) Chemical extraction.
(d) Erosion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the French salt tax called?

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

3. What was the name of the island that Thomas Croft and John Jay searched for in the Atlantic?

4. What is the name of the one freshwater cod?

5. Who was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?

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