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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Most Icelandic towns have a population under _____ people.
(a) 2,000.
(b) 50.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 100.

3. In an otter trawl, the bottom opening is maintained by a chain made more mobile by metal _____.
(a) Wheels.
(b) Bobbins.
(c) Levers.
(d) Casings.

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

5. In 1995, a system was initiated to restrict the total cod catch to _____ percent of the estimated stock.
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 25.

6. What was the forerunner of sonar?
(a) The echometer.
(b) The sonometer.
(c) The chronometer.
(d) The phonometer.

7. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.
(a) Puffer fish.
(b) Gray skate.
(c) Greenland shark.
(d) Hake.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who was Canada's biggest competitor in the cod market in the 19th century?
(a) Norway.
(b) Britain.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Sweden.

14. What company did Clarence Birdseye found in Gloucester?
(a) Ocean Foods.
(b) Gorton's Seafood Company.
(c) Harbor Food Processing.
(d) General Seafoods Company.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Clarence Birdseye was passing the winter in _____ when he discovered how to freeze food.

3. Watertight ship holds with holes for circulating seawater to keep fish alive were called _____.

4. Who was the longtime director of Iceland's Marine Research Institute and one of the negotiators during the third Cod War?

5. What were leaders of the trawler industry and chip shop guilds called?

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