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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who pursues the Leopard?
(a) Barbary coast pirates.
(b) No one.
(c) A French opponent.
(d) A Dutch opponent.

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

4. What does Maturin feel as he travels to call on Villiers?
(a) Hopeful she will marry him.
(b) A little anxious.
(c) Excited.
(d) Self-critical observations and dread.

5. What does Aubrey announce to the ship when he takes the deck briefly?
(a) They are heading back to England.
(b) They are going around the southern tip of South America.
(c) They are going to Cape Town.
(d) They will not stop at Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Stephen Maturin?

2. Why can't Herapath receive an appointment to his position?

3. How does the crew act towards Wogan?

4. Why has Villiers left her apartment?

5. What was Aubrey trying to avoid by going north and northwest?

(see the answer key)

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