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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maturin think has affected the rats?
(a) The type of food they carry.
(b) Nothing he can see.
(c) The storm.
(d) The prisoners.

2. As what does Maturin diagnose the prisoners' illness?
(a) Gaol-fever.
(b) Bubonic plague.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Yellow fever.

3. What happens when Herapath goes aloft?
(a) He gets afraid and won't come down.
(b) He falls onto the deck.
(c) He falls in the water.
(d) He accidentally knocks someone off the ropes.

4. In what part of the ship were the prisoners held?
(a) Rear hold.
(b) Forecastle.
(c) Cargo bay.
(d) The forepeak.

5. What do Herapath, Maturin and Wogan do when they see each other?
(a) Try to get each other to divulge secrets.
(b) Fight over Wogan.
(c) Pretend to be innocent of any prior knowledge.
(d) Play a complicated dice game.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aubrey weather the storm?

2. What does Aubrey do Saturday evening?

3. Who makes accusations against Villiers?

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

5. Who pursues the Leopard?

(see the answer key)

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