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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How successful is Aubrey's message of flashes when he first gets to Minorca?
(a) He gets no replay from Maturin.
(b) He draws attention of the French.
(c) He misreads the response.
(d) He gets Maturin's signals back .

2. What is Canning's religious background?
(a) He's a clergyman in the Church of England.
(b) His religious affiliation is unknown.
(c) He's a Roman Catholic priest.
(d) He's Jewish.

3. In chapter one, what is the assignment of H.M.S. Lively?
(a) Blockading the French.
(b) Escorting the captured Spanish vessels.
(c) Going to India.
(d) Leading an attack on the Spanish.

4. With what kind of communication does Aubrey augment the initial method of light flashes at Minorca?
(a) He leaves private marks on shore.
(b) He gives native boy a written message.
(c) He abandons communication.
(d) He leaves a series of rock piles on the beach.

5. How does Maturin get to the gunboat after the escape from the Port Mahon prison?
(a) He walks the long way around the island.
(b) He is strapped to a board and carried.
(c) He ride a horse left by Maragall.
(d) He swims across the harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sir Joseph Blain discuss with Maturin after the lecture?

2. How does H.M.S. Lively get messages and mail while on blockade duty?

3. Sophie talks to Maturin in chapter one about the temporary assignment of whom?

4. What gruesome occurrence follows the French attempt to retaliate on gunboats against Aubrey and H.M.S. Lively?

5. At the beginning of the book, with whom is Dr. Stephen Maturin recently involved romantically?

(see the answer key)

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