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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is going to happen to the Leopard?
(a) It is being refitted with larger canons.
(b) It is being scuttled.
(c) It is being converted to a transport.
(d) It is being sold to a private merchant.

2. At what does Java fail?
(a) Get out into open sea.
(b) Outflank the Constitution.
(c) Use her men for small arms fire.
(d) Close to boarding distance.

3. Why would Maturin even consider becoming a double agent?
(a) To learn about the American network of spies.
(b) To escape from the United States.
(c) To end the War of 1812.
(d) To earn more money.

4. What is full of double entendre between Johnson and Maturin?
(a) The conversation between Villiers and Maturin.
(b) The conversation between Maturin and George Herapath.
(c) Their initial conversation.
(d) The conversation between Aubrey and U.S. Naval Intelligence.

5. About how many nautical miles does the ship cover daily?
(a) 150.
(b) 400.
(c) 90.
(d) 200-250.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the La Flèche abandoned?

2. What course of action makes sense?

3. What port has the HMS Leopard reached in Chapter 1?

4. What does Aubrey strenuously argue to retain?

5. Of what does George Herapath assure Maturin?

(see the answer key)

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