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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was sent to Guiana as a death sentence in the 16th century?
(a) Thomas Huxley.
(b) John Cabot.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Juan Martinez.

4. According to one theory, the Basques are thought to be the original _____.
(a) Liberians.
(b) Italians.
(c) Iberians.
(d) Portuguese.

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

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

7. "In gadiform fish, evolution is seen in the _____."
(a) Eyes.
(b) Tails.
(c) Fins.
(d) Gills.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original name of John Cabot?

2. Which Spanish Basque city provided anchors and metal fittings with its ironworks and grew with the cod boom?

3. What are cod called after the larval stage?

4. The colonial governor of New Amsterdam wrote of six-foot _____ in 1649.

5. What does "Hanse" mean in Middle High German?

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