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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the premier French fishing port in Newfoundland in the early 16th century?
(a) Bayonne.
(b) Le Cygne.
(c) La Rochelle.
(d) Le Grys.

2. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.
(a) Bridge.
(b) Dolt.
(c) Joke or prank.
(d) Government official.

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

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

5. Which now-extinct bird would flock overhead and darken the sky in 16th century North America?
(a) Lorikeets.
(b) White-winged sandpipers.
(c) Passenger pigeons.
(d) Mariana mallards.

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

7. 16th century salt was produced by _____.
(a) Mining.
(b) Chemical extraction.
(c) Erosion.
(d) Evaporation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were most explorers trying to get to in the 16th century?

2. John Cabot claimed what land for England?

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

4. What is the name of the long tube of air bladder in a cod that fills and adjusts swimming depth?

5. If hauled up from freezing water, cod will _____ because of a protein they produce.

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