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

2. Who were infamous on the Grand Banks for the harshness of their working conditions?
(a) The British.
(b) The Portuguese.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The French.

3. One-third of the Iceland town of Heimaey was destroyed by _____ in 1973?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) Floods.
(c) A volcanic eruption.
(d) A fire.

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

5. What was invented in the mid-19th century that was slow to catch on in the fishing industry?
(a) Sonar.
(b) The wireless radio.
(c) The steam engine.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the forerunner of sonar?

3. Dorymen's wives made sails for them sewn from _____.

4. Which London newspaper reported that the Icelanders were very difficult to deal with in the third Cod War?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What effect did the term "scrod" have on consumer's perspective on fish?

4. Why was the British Royal Navy reluctant to send combat ships to deal with Iceland during the second Cod War?

5. How is hákarl flesh processed and why?

6. Describe how gill nets are used.

7. What were the Grandmother messages of 1928?

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

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

10. Why do fishermen have comparatively high accident rates?

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