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

2. What was the Iceland Coast Guard's secret weapon?
(a) A trawl wire cutter.
(b) A radio jammer.
(c) A fire hose.
(d) A linguistics expert.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American President issued a proclamation stating that the U.S. had the right to control mineral resources on its continental shelf?

2. Johann Sigurjonsson is _____ of the Marine Research Institute in Iceland.

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

4. What is it called when a net is dragged along the ocean floor?

5. According to the book, fishing is hardest on what part of the body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the British respond to being asked to change their preference for fried cod as the cod catch continued to decline?

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

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

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

5. What did Halldór Laxness win the Nobel Prize for and why?

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

7. Why did Icelandic Coast Guard vessels withstand enemy attacks in the second cod war?

8. What skills did fishermen learn in the wake of the imposition of 200-mile zones?

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

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

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