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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aubrey know he can trust the man he meets at Minorca?
(a) Man has official papers of introduction.
(b) They exchange secret signals.
(c) Man is obviously a relative of Maturin.
(d) Man is of high rank and status.

2. Maturin pays to stay informed of the whereabouts of whom?
(a) Sir Joseph Blain.
(b) Diana Villiers.
(c) Captain Jack Aubrey.
(d) The new First Lord.

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

4. What does Maturin have Aubrey's men take from the Port Mahon prison?
(a) French weapons.
(b) French official documents.
(c) Money and jewels.
(d) Implements of torture.

5. How many of the French soldiers guarding the prisoners at Port Mahon escape harm?
(a) All French are killed.
(b) Only the prison commander dies.
(c) One French officer gets away.
(d) Only two guards are wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the rescue of Maturin take?

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

3. When does Aubrey first go ashore at Minorca?

4. What is the probable fate of many prisoners freed along with Maturin?

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

(see the answer key)

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