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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Maturin find Aubrey busy?
(a) Playing polo.
(b) Dicing.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Get-rich-quick schemes.

2. What does Aubrey tell Maturin about the card players he's been with?
(a) They have been run out of town.
(b) They aren't cheating.
(c) He won a bunch from them last night.
(d) They are sharpers.

3. What is Maturin asked to do?
(a) Step down from commanding Leopard.
(b) Resign his commission.
(c) Go to Cape Town on the way to America.
(d) Escort a prisoner to Botany Bay.

4. From whom does Maturin receive a summons?
(a) His father.
(b) Naval intelligence.
(c) The Admiralty.
(d) The queen.

5. What does Maturin find at Villiers' apartments?
(a) A stack of bills to pay.
(b) The place had been ransacked.
(c) Her cat needing food.
(d) The place was empty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a fourth-rate ship-of-the-line with a tarnished history?

2. What kind of storm does Aubrey run into at the start of his voyage?

3. Why has Villiers left her apartment?

4. Who is the officer Aubrey is having trouble with?

5. With whom is Maturin enamored?

(see the answer key)

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