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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens with the prisoners as the ship sits still?
(a) Their illness accelerates.
(b) They begin to recover.
(c) It's not affected one way or the other.
(d) The symptoms change.

2. What interrupts the daily routine on the ship Saturday?
(a) A punishment.
(b) Mail call.
(c) A storm.
(d) A birthday party.

3. What is a fourth-rate ship-of-the-line with a tarnished history?
(a) HMS Ironsides.
(b) HMS Leopard.
(c) HMS Panther.
(d) HMS Elizabeth.

4. Who is Stephen Maturin?
(a) The Duke of Glasson.
(b) A con artist who sells Aubrey a lame horse.
(c) A renowned surgeon and natural scientist.
(d) Sohpie's husband.

5. With whom does Maturin think Villiers might have taken up again?
(a) Mr. Black.
(b) Mr. Peterson.
(c) Mr. Johnson.
(d) Mr. Hawthorne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Herapath in trouble?

2. Who is Michael Herapath?

3. Who has bored a peeping hole in Wogan's quarters' wall?

4. What happens when Herapath goes aloft?

5. Why has Michael Herapath stowed away on the ship?

(see the answer key)

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