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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the French salt tax called?
(a) Gabelle.
(b) Gabargent.
(c) Sels tax.
(d) Franc sel.

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

4. Where was John Cabot born?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Milan.
(c) Iberia.
(d) Bristol.

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

6. What is the throat of the cod called?
(a) The tongue.
(b) The gargle.
(c) The gullet.
(d) The tonsil.

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

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

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

10. What does "Hanse" mean in Middle High German?
(a) Cod.
(b) Fellowship.
(c) Higher power.
(d) Ship.

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

12. What did the Pilgrims fail to bring to North America that would aid in their survival?
(a) Fishing tackle.
(b) Medicines.
(c) Wool.
(d) Building tools.

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

14. Who conjectured that cod was named after a husk of seeds because the female holds so many eggs?
(a) John Cabot.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Samuel Johnson.

15. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Salem.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. From Newfoundland to southern New England, there is a series of shallow areas called _____.

2. What commodity did Bartholomew Gosnold find in North America?

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

4. Who outlawed the Basque language?

5. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".

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