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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is it called when a net is dragged along the ocean floor?
(a) Deep sounding.
(b) Skim dragging.
(c) Bottom trawling.
(d) Crabbing.

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

6. What does not grow native to Iceland?
(a) Vines.
(b) Trees.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Grass.

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

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

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

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

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

12. In Peru, Clarence Birdseye found a way to covert crushed remains of sugar cane into _____.
(a) Dog food.
(b) Paper.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Paint.

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

14. What is a lost net that can continue to fish for as long as five years called?
(a) A rogue net.
(b) A Davy Jones.
(c) A ghost net.
(d) A gill knocker.

15. Watertight ship holds with holes for circulating seawater to keep fish alive were called _____.
(a) Live cages.
(b) Cod keepers.
(c) Keeper holds.
(d) Wet wells.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Iceland Coast Guard's secret weapon?

2. What replaced nylon in gill nets?

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

4. In the 1780's, British medicine decided cod-liver oil was a remedy for _____.

5. Today, fish sticks are usually _____.

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