Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mark Kurlansky
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mark Kurlansky
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?
(a) The Pinware River.
(b) The Mississippi.
(c) The St. Lawrence.
(d) The Hudson.

2. What do New Englanders call smaller thin-shelled quahogs?
(a) Mud bugs.
(b) Sandies.
(c) Steamers.
(d) Barnacles.

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

4. Who monopolized the Baltic herring trade and tried the same thing with dried cod in the fifteenth century?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Vikings.
(c) The Huns.
(d) The Hanseatics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were slaves purchased with cured cod?

2. What were lobsters considered to be by the Pilgrims?

3. Sterling", according to Kurlansky, means what?

4. From Newfoundland to southern New England, there is a series of shallow areas called _____.

5. What did the Pilgrims fail to bring to North America that would aid in their survival?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Thorwald and Erik the Red thrown out of Norway and what do they do after that?

2. Why did Bartholomew Gosnold return to Britain from his voyage in 1602?

3. What was John Smith's relationship to cod fishing?

4. Why did the cod trade relationship between Britain and Portugal deteriorate in the 16th century?

5. What happened when New Englanders become entrepreneurs? How did this conflict with the intent of the British Crown?

6. What happened in Grindavík, Iceland in 1532?

7. How did John Cabot and his brother die?

8. What type of ocean currents do cod prefer?

9. Why did the Royal Fishery accountant, John Collins, publish a book on salt in 1682?

10. Why was the French salt tax particularly hated and what war did it become a grievance for?

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