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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word describes one of the motivating factors for Stephen to take the job?
(a) Adventure
(b) Loss of his wife recently
(c) Escape from people who are looking at him
(d) Basically penniless

2. What does Jack compare the fish, birds and meteors to as he tries to convince Stephen to join him aboard ship?
(a) Surgical prowess
(b) Strange and new people
(c) Music
(d) Prize money

3. What is wrong with the new twelve-pound guns?
(a) Over shoot their targets
(b) Do not fit in the slots
(c) Do not work properly
(d) Recoil too much

4. Where is the setting as the novel opens?
(a) Hospital in the Balearic Islands
(b) Music room in Minorca
(c) Governor's house in Mahon
(d) Music room aboard ship

5. Which of the characters cannot speak?
(a) Ricketts
(b) Dillon
(c) King
(d) Richards

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words/phrases did Jack NOT think describing Maturin during the concert?

2. What did Maturin accuse Jack of doing incorrectly during the concert?

3. What does Jack imagine using to beat down Maturin?

4. Which of the following terms does not describe Jack's encounter with Mrs. Harte?

5. How does Mrs. Harte feel about Jack's promotion?

(see the answer key)

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