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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does H.M.S. Lively get messages and mail while on blockade duty?
(a) Messenger cutter comes along side.
(b) The ship waits for a replacement vessel.
(c) The ship goes into port.
(d) There's no way to get mail.

2. In chapter one, with whom does Sophie Williams meet?
(a) Sir Joseph Blain.
(b) Her cousin Diana.
(c) Jack Aubrey.
(d) Dr. Stephen Maturin.

3. To what kind of lecture does Maturin go to in Chapter one?
(a) Bird watching lecture.
(b) A lecture on human anatomy.
(c) Political lecture.
(d) A lecture on insects.

4. From whom does Aubrey receive several personal letters in Chapter two?
(a) From Sophia.
(b) He gets no personal mail.
(c) From Diana Villiers.
(d) From Admiral Harte.

5. Where does Sophie's meeting with Maturin in chapter one take place?
(a) Home of Captain Jack Aubrey.
(b) Cafe near Sophie's home.
(c) Sophie's cousin's estate.
(d) Mapes Court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ruling of the First Lord about the seized Spanish ships?

2. How does Aubrey know he can trust the man he meets at Minorca?

3. Maturin pays to stay informed of the whereabouts of whom?

4. With what kind of communication does Aubrey augment the initial method of light flashes at Minorca?

5. In chapter two, where is Maturin imprisoned?

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