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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which schooner is now tied up as part of a maritime museum in Nova Scotia?
(a) The Halifax Fishherder.
(b) The Thomas S. Gorton.
(c) The Theresa E. Connor.
(d) The Bluenose.

2. Which American President issued a proclamation stating that the U.S. had the right to control mineral resources on its continental shelf?
(a) Harry S. Truman.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

3. A ship with onboard fish processing is called a _____.
(a) Factory ship.
(b) Process outfitter.
(c) Floating station.
(d) Transport plant.

4. By 1918, which Maine city was building steel-hulled trawlers?
(a) Bath.
(b) Rockland.
(c) Bangor.
(d) Saco.

5. Which author's novel described too many fishermen on the banks working the same grounds.
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Stevenson.
(c) Auden.
(d) Kipling.

6. Who returned to Iceland in 1964 and was astounded by its transformation?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Erik Eriksson.
(c) W. H. Auden.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

7. Equipment that waits for the fish is called _____.
(a) Passive gear.
(b) Comstocks.
(c) Dead netting.
(d) Diggers.

8. What replaced nylon in gill nets?
(a) Acetate fiber.
(b) Dacron.
(c) Monofilament.
(d) Rayon.

9. The first otter trawl was built in _____.
(a) Ireland.
(b) Newfoundland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Iceland.

10. What were leaders of the trawler industry and chip shop guilds called?
(a) Chip choppers.
(b) Fish fryer associations.
(c) The cod parliament.
(d) Fish industrial guilds.

11. One-third of the Iceland town of Heimaey was destroyed by _____ in 1973?
(a) Floods.
(b) A fire.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A volcanic eruption.

12. What is considered a bread substitute in Iceland?
(a) Herring.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Corn muffins.
(d) Stockfish.

13. "Clipper schooners" carried a lot of sail. Why were they dangerous?
(a) They could not handle gale winds.
(b) They maneuvered poorly.
(c) They weren't dangerous.
(d) They ran aground easily.

14. The 19th-century debate over longlining seemed to have been fueled by _____.
(a) Colonialism.
(b) Fatalism.
(c) Conservation.
(d) Nationalism.

15. What are the fishing ground off the coast of Ireland called?
(a) The Irish channel.
(b) The Celtic knot.
(c) The Ireland shelf.
(d) The Irish box.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are twenty-foot, deckless skiffs called?

2. According to the book, fishing is hardest on what part of the body?

3. Which London newspaper reported that the Icelanders were very difficult to deal with in the third Cod War?

4. What fish was pointed out by the European Economic Community to be abundant off the coast of Scotland?

5. In 1995, a system was initiated to restrict the total cod catch to _____ percent of the estimated stock.

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