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

2. What 1901 convention establishing the three-mile limit was nullified in 1944?
(a) The North Se Fisheries Convention.
(b) The National Waterways Convention.
(c) The Anglo-Danish Convention.
(d) The New World Fisheries Convention.

3. What Nova Scotia fish product was heavily salted on schooners, then dried on flakes along a rocky coastline?
(a) Salt ling.
(b) Hákarl.
(c) Gloucester gold.
(d) The Lunenburg cure.

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

5. What is the leading cause of death on a modern trawler?
(a) Being crushed by machinery.
(b) Falling overboard.
(c) Freezing to death.
(d) Heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most Icelandic towns have a population under _____ people.

2. What is considered a bread substitute in Iceland?

3. In 1944, Iceland negotiated full independence from _____.

4. What does the Dutch word "schrode" mean?

5. Which mountain erupted in 1389 on Iceland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the Grandmother messages of 1928?

2. Why did President Harry Truman impose protected zones for American fisheries?

3. How did the invention of filleting machinery change New England's cod fishing industry?

4. How did the Icelandic government finally curb the capacity of is own fishing fleet?

5. Why do fishermen have comparatively high accident rates?

6. What served as buoys and what were they used for in early cod fishing?

7. How is hákarl flesh processed and why?

8. Why did Icelanders rejoice in the addition of the 12-mile limit zone around their country?

9. How were the Icelandic Coast Guard ships during the Cod Wars armed and manned?

10. What happened to many British and German trawlers during the second Cod War?

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