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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of ships do Captain Aubrey and the Polychrest encounter in as they began to leave the French port?
(a) Tourist Ships.
(b) Battleships.
(c) Pirate Ships.
(d) Merchant ships.

2. What does the Admiralty order the Polychrest to do upon reaching a particular French port?
(a) Attack the port and destroy a particular ship.
(b) Pick up rations for the sailors and medicine for the infirmary aboard the Polychrest.
(c) Deliver wheat to the French and pick up fine fabrics for new uniforms for the Admiralty.
(d) Deliver French prisoners who have been held captive in England and Pick up some British prisoners who have been held in France.

3. Who informs Captain Aubrey that mutiny may be imminent aboard the Polychrest?
(a) Doctor Stephen Maturin.
(b) First Lieutenant Parker.
(c) CrewmanTom Pullings.
(d) Ship Master Goodridge.

4. What year do the events in Chapter 4 take place?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1803.

5. What historical ship could the Polychrest's design be partially based on?
(a) The H.M.S. Bledsoe.
(b) The H.M.S. Lexington.
(c) The H.M.S. Project.
(d) The H.M.S. Cavalcade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hosts a dinner party at which Captain Aubrey is pursued for arrest?

2. What two sailors who had previously sailed with Aubrey sign up to crew the Polychrest?

3. How many pounds of body weight does Captain Aubrey lose during the arduous journey across France on foot?

4. Who is injured aboard the Polychrest at the same time that Aubrey is injured?

5. What is Polychrest's condition as Captain Aubrey and his crew leave the French port and head toward the open sea?

(see the answer key)

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