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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 is threatening British interests in the area where they are headed?
(a) German influence.
(b) Dutch influence.
(c) French influence.
(d) American influence.

2. What port do they depart at the opening of the story?
(a) Haifa.
(b) Luxumborg.
(c) Port Jackson.
(d) Port au Prince.

3. What do Maturin and Aubrey agree on about Clarissa?
(a) She is strikingly beautiful.
(b) She is no great beauty.
(c) She is rather coarse.
(d) She is rather quiet.

4. How does Aubrey occupy his time when not commanding the ship?
(a) Sorting through his estate papers.
(b) Writing his wife long letters.
(c) Teaching some of the junior officers.
(d) Playing bridge with Maturin.

5. What does Aubrey think about life at sea compared to that on land?
(a) It is more complicated.
(b) Being at sea he is his own boss.
(c) It is simpler.
(d) It is more exciting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey anticipate when he goes back to England?

2. In what is the crew of the Surprise to intervene?

3. What vessel is closing on Surprise?

4. What is the approximate date at the opening of the novel?

5. Where has the other patient which Maturin is examining been?

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