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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the crew dislike most about the Worcester?
(a) She is leaky.
(b) She is moldy.
(c) She is slow.
(d) She is old.

2. What keeps Maturin away from home for long periods of time?
(a) His bouts of sickness.
(b) His scientific studies.
(c) His publishing tours.
(d) His job with the Navy.

3. What about Graham is said to be nearly perfect?
(a) His strategy.
(b) His judgement.
(c) His linguistic skills.
(d) His memory.

4. What does the narrator say Graham is bereft of?
(a) Hair.
(b) Humor.
(c) Patience.
(d) Malice.

5. What does Maturin try to teach Graham about?
(a) Nautical elements.
(b) Religion.
(c) British history.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to make Maturin deathly ill after he is hit in the head?

2. How many guns are on the Jemmapes?

3. What does Yeats say will ruin him?

4. What does Mowett scold Maturin for on the ship?

5. What does Aubrey dislike about his father?

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