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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1598, with whom were the Catholics at war?
(a) The Hanseatics.
(b) The Lutherans.
(c) The Huguenots.
(d) The Hussars.

2. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".
(a) North Virginia.
(b) New Yorkshire.
(c) Newfoundland.
(d) Nova Scotia.

3. John Cabot claimed what land for England?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Newfoundland.
(c) Maine.
(d) Nova Scotia.

4. What is the air bladder of the cod used for in industry?
(a) Kevlar.
(b) Fishing line.
(c) Isinglass.
(d) Fiberglass.

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

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

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

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

9. The word for fresh cod in French is ____.
(a) Cabillaud.
(b) Cambraid.
(c) Caude.
(d) Cot.

10. What is the Anglo-Saxon word that means "a place that has salt"?
(a) Ham.
(b) Wich.
(c) Chester.
(d) Ville.

11. What is the name of the only tropical cod that remains today?
(a) Whiting.
(b) Bregmaceros.
(c) Hake.
(d) Cusk.

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

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

14. 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) Christopher Columbus.
(b) John Smith.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) Sir Walter Raleigh.

15. What were lobsters considered to be by the Pilgrims?
(a) Pets.
(b) Sea monsters.
(c) Pests.
(d) Delicacies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.

2. What was the French salt tax called?

3. Who was sent to Guiana as a death sentence in the 16th century?

4. What was the original name of John Cabot?

5. Where is Pacific cod found?

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