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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom is Maturin enamored?
(a) No one.s
(b) Sophie.
(c) Killick's sister.
(d) Diana Villiers.

2. What does Aubrey decide to use as stern chasers?
(a) A long canon eight pounder.
(b) Two brass long nine pounders.
(c) A fourteen and eleven pounder brass canons.
(d) Three fourteen pounders.

3. To what group is Aubrey appointed?
(a) The Captain's Corps.
(b) The Dragon Corps.
(c) The Sea Cadets.
(d) The Sea-Fencibles.

4. What does Aubrey try to do when Babbington calls him to the deck?
(a) Go north against the wind.
(b) Court martial Grant.
(c) Pull in near a large island.
(d) Sail away from a large ice island.

5. What does Boswell predict?
(a) A confrontation with Waakzaamheid.
(b) A fight between Herapath and Maturin.
(c) An unlucky voyage for Leopard.
(d) The ship will wreck on the South American coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Villiers left her apartment?

2. What ethnic background is Boswell?

3. What does Larkin do during lunch one day?

4. What does Aubrey explain to Maturin at dinner?

5. What is the windless place called that the ship encounters?

(see the answer key)

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