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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(c) John Smith.
(d) John Cabot.

2. Who monopolized the Baltic herring trade and tried the same thing with dried cod in the fifteenth century?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Vikings.
(c) The Hanseatics.
(d) The Huns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What were wind-dried whiting wetted with seawater to give them a special taste called?
(a) Finnan haddie.
(b) Kippers.
(c) Salthake.
(d) Speldings.

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

12. What is the name of the long tube of air bladder in a cod that fills and adjusts swimming depth?
(a) The balloon.
(b) The sound.
(c) The buoy.
(d) The floater.

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

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

15. 16th century salt was produced by _____.
(a) Mining.
(b) Chemical extraction.
(c) Evaporation.
(d) Erosion.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The eating habits of cod are classified as _____.

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

5. What is cod pickled with in barrels?

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