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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maragall arrange to ease Aubrey's arrival at Port Mahon?
(a) Full military salute.
(b) Bribery of lookouts.
(c) Vessel gets through the health inspection.
(d) New code for messages.

2. Where does H.M.S. Lively help run a frigate-picket blockade in chapter two?
(a) French colonies in the New World.
(b) Near the coast of India.
(c) Off the coast of Toulon.
(d) French port of Le Havre.

3. In chapter one, under what circumstances do Sir Joseph Blain, Admiral Harte, and various other political and military figures meet?
(a) Meeting of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
(b) Funeral of the King of England.
(c) Quarters of Harte on H.M.S. Lively.
(d) Ball thrown for the young hero Captain Jack Aubrey.

4. In chapter two, where is Maturin imprisoned?
(a) Stockade near Paris.
(b) In London.
(c) On a French ship.
(d) Port Mahon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the officer who witnesses the Port Mahon rescue and slips into the night?

2. When supplies run low on H.M.S. Lively, what do some of the crew resort to eating?

3. On the way to the reunion with H.M.S. Lively's regular captain, Aubrey is supposed to rendezvous with whom?

4. At the close of chapter three, what symbol of peace does Aubrey return to?

5. In chapter thret, how do Aubrey and members of his crew gain access to Port Mahon?

(see the answer key)

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