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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. In 1881, a shipyard in Hull built a steam-powered trawler called the _____.
(a) Card Shark.
(b) Zodiac.
(c) Insomniac.
(d) The Merry Widow.

2. Which mountain erupted in 1389 on Iceland?
(a) Mt. Hvannadalshnúkur.
(b) Mt. Askja.
(c) Mt. Esja.
(d) Mt. Hekla.

3. In the 1780's, British medicine decided cod-liver oil was a remedy for _____.
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Rheumatism.
(c) Anemia.
(d) Melancholy.

4. Which boat was invented on the Pacific to deal with rough seas and haul in bigger catches?
(a) The otter trawler.
(b) The clipper.
(c) The stern trawler.
(d) The three-mast schooner.

5. The first otter trawl was built in _____.
(a) Scotland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Newfoundland.
(d) Iceland.

Short Answer Questions

1. One-third of the Iceland town of Heimaey was destroyed by _____ in 1973?

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

3. What are the fishing ground off the coast of Ireland called?

4. What were the French fishing fleets called?

5. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is hákarl flesh processed and why?

2. Describe how gill nets are used.

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did navigation improve in fishing in the 17th century?

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

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

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