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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Captain Jack Aubrey leaves the blockade when ordered to go where?
(a) To India.
(b) To head for the Netherlands.
(c) Back to England.
(d) To Minorca.

3. What is the name of the officer who witnesses the Port Mahon rescue and slips into the night?
(a) Admiral Harte.
(b) Dutourd.
(c) Bonden.
(d) Maragall.

4. What is found on the French gunboat that may aid Aubrey against the French?
(a) An English prisoner.
(b) Intercepted English messages.
(c) Current French codebook.
(d) Cache of weapons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter one, why is Diana Villiers' recent relationship with a man such a scandal?

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

3. What close friend do Sophie and Dr. Stephen Maturin have in common?

4. In chapter two, where is Maturin imprisoned?

5. How does Maturin get to the gunboat after the escape from the Port Mahon prison?

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