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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the news disseminated?
(a) Via a letter from Diana Villiers.
(b) From one of the sailors who deserted the Leopard.
(c) From Maturin's wife.
(d) Through Admiral Nelson's aide.

2. Of what are some American agents accusing Aubrey?
(a) Executing an American soldier on the Leopard.
(b) Sedition.
(c) Lying.
(d) War crimes.

3. What does Maturin realize?
(a) That Aubrey is still in danger of dying.
(b) That Aubrey is in grave danger.
(c) That Wogan is in Boston.
(d) That Wogan believes the false papers to have originated with Aubrey

4. How might the voyage back to England be described?
(a) Rough seas.
(b) Fraught with danger.
(c) Monotonous.
(d) Stimulating.

5. How many men are in Aubrey's life boat?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Aubrey to recover?

2. What course of action makes sense?

3. What is Maturin carrying when his turn at bat arrives?

4. Who have all taken passage in the same boat?

5. About how many nautical miles does the ship cover daily?

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