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

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

4. Who begins to assist Maturin in sick bay?
(a) Grant.
(b) Wogan.
(c) Herapath.
(d) Martin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aubrey visit after inspecting the prisoners' quarters?

2. What does Maturin write about Wogan?

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

4. What does Maturin do about the prisoners' illness?

5. In what part of the ship were the prisoners held?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the prisoners fare during the storm and what crimes do they commit?

2. Who visits Aubrey often and what does he find Aubrey involved in with his initial visit in this book?

3. The chapter presents an interesting but routine narrative technique by introducing a letter home from Aubrey followed by a journal entry by Maturin. Both texts flow naturally and are presented in an appropriate voice; they both expose inner thoughts and deep feelings which would ordinarily not come out in common conversation. Explain why you think the author used this technique.

4. What is Sophie doing about Aubrey's excesses?

5. What does Aubrey find when he inspects the prisoners' quarters and what happens when he sees Wogan?

6. Who does Aubrey encounter as they leave Brazil and what does he find out?

7. Why has Villiers left her home?

8. What is Aubrey doing at the beginning of the novel?

9. How does Maturin manipulate Herapath?

10. What happens when the epidemic hits and who does Herapath replace?

(see the answer keys)

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