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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the prison rescue, how long do Aubrey and his men wait before leaving Port Mahon?
(a) They sail as soon as assembled.
(b) They are delayed for weeks.
(c) They wait for three days.
(d) They leave the afternoon after the prisoners are freed.

3. Sophie talks to Maturin in chapter one about the temporary assignment of whom?
(a) High Lord's temporary position.
(b) Aubrey on H.M.S. Lively.
(c) Sir Joseph Blain's appointment.
(d) Maturin's upcoming field work.

4. Who is Richard Canning?
(a) Diana Villiers' love interest.
(b) A minister Sophie knows.
(c) A friend to Mrs. Williams.
(d) New High Lord.

5. When supplies run low on H.M.S. Lively, what do some of the crew resort to eating?
(a) They eat beetles and other insects.
(b) They eat rats from the hold.
(c) They chew on leather strapping.
(d) Some resort to cannibalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the results of Diana's illicit affair?

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

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

4. Why are many of the prisoners in bad physical condition at Port Mahon's French prison?

5. Is the onslaught of the Port Mahon prison carried out by Aubrey's men a success?

(see the answer key)

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