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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 floater.
(c) The sound.
(d) The buoy.

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

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

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

6. What are the best shore spaces for drying catch called?
(a) Fishing rooms.
(b) Sloops.
(c) Line shacks.
(d) Salt caves.

7. What commodity did Bartholomew Gosnold find in North America?
(a) Sassafras.
(b) Gold.
(c) Corn.
(d) Potatoes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?

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

3. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".

4. What do humpback whales feed on?

5. Who backed Giovanni da Verrazzano on his travels?

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