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

2. Which schooner is now tied up as part of a maritime museum in Nova Scotia?
(a) The Bluenose.
(b) The Theresa E. Connor.
(c) The Thomas S. Gorton.
(d) The Halifax Fishherder.

3. In the quota system, groundfish are killed being hauled up do to _____.
(a) Hyperthermia.
(b) Oxygen depletion.
(c) Pressure changes.
(d) Hypothermia.

4. Today, fish sticks are usually _____.
(a) Pacific cod.
(b) Haddock.
(c) Ling cod.
(d) Pacific pollock.

5. Which author's novel described too many fishermen on the banks working the same grounds.
(a) Stevenson.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Auden.
(d) Kipling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were sail-powered draggers called?

2. Who was Canada's biggest competitor in the cod market in the 19th century?

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

4. The Cod Wars started in the middle of what other war?

5. Which international organization met in 1973 to expand ocean sovereignty?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the Grandmother messages of 1928?

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

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

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

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

7. Why do fishermen have comparatively high accident rates?

8. What is pair fishing?

9. How is hákarl flesh processed and why?

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

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