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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1944, Iceland negotiated full independence from _____.
(a) France.
(b) Britain.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Canada.

2. The twin ports of Hull and Grimsby are on the _____ River.
(a) Nictaux.
(b) St. Lawrence.
(c) Humber.
(d) Penobscot.

3. Johann Sigurjonsson is _____ of the Marine Research Institute in Iceland.
(a) Lead scientist.
(b) Director.
(c) Operations manager.
(d) Deputy director.

4. The Cod Wars started in the middle of what other war?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) The French and Indian War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

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

6. What are most houses in Iceland made out of now?
(a) Rock.
(b) Metal or concrete.
(c) Wood.
(d) Mud or brick.

7. In 1881, a shipyard in Hull built a steam-powered trawler called the _____.
(a) Card Shark.
(b) Zodiac.
(c) The Merry Widow.
(d) Insomniac.

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

9. Which boat was invented on the Pacific to deal with rough seas and haul in bigger catches?
(a) The clipper.
(b) The three-mast schooner.
(c) The stern trawler.
(d) The otter trawler.

10. Today, fish sticks are usually _____.
(a) Pacific pollock.
(b) Pacific cod.
(c) Haddock.
(d) Ling cod.

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

12. What were sail-powered draggers called?
(a) Widgets.
(b) Wingets.
(c) Dibs.
(d) Smacks.

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

14. Iceland is encrusted with _____.
(a) Lava.
(b) Sand.
(c) Dead sea creatures.
(d) Barnacles.

15. Which London newspaper reported that the Icelanders were very difficult to deal with in the third Cod War?
(a) The Guardian.
(b) The Times.
(c) The Financial Times.
(d) The Daily Mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. The 19th-century debate over longlining seemed to have been fueled by _____.

2. What were the French fishing fleets called?

3. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.

4. What 1901 convention establishing the three-mile limit was nullified in 1944?

5. Which author's novel described too many fishermen on the banks working the same grounds.

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