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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey desperately want to do?
(a) Be left alone.
(b) Return to a sea command.
(c) Retire.
(d) Divorce Sophie.

2. Why do Smith and Aubrey leave the ball?
(a) To look at Smith's new horse.
(b) To search for a secluded spot.
(c) To tour Smith's father's greenhouses.
(d) For Aubrey to show her how to use the stars for navigation.

3. Who does Aubrey find?
(a) His business manager.
(b) His lawyer.
(c) Sophie and his children.
(d) His mother-in-law.

4. How does Maturin respond to attempts by Frenchman to use him as a courier?
(a) Disinterested.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Intriqued.

5. Where are the wounded transferred?
(a) To a hospital ashore.
(b) To a ship that's headed for England that day.
(c) To a larger ship that has a good infirmary.
(d) They are not transferred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Beck?

2. What does Maturin find irresistible about Villiers?

3. For what is everyone waiting anxiously?

4. Who does Maturin learn has drowned?

5. What does Maturin realize about Villiers?

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