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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the phrase, "rope yarn Sunday" mean when the Captain declares it after his reading?
(a) The men would spend the rest of the day in idleness.
(b) The men would drink rum all afternoon.
(c) The men would be punished for being idle.
(d) The men would tie ropes all Sunday.

2. Wellard is punished by being beaten with ______________.
(a) Captain Sawyer's leather strap.
(b) Mr. Booth's silver-mounted cane.
(c) Mr. Booth's whip.
(d) Captain Sawyer's silver-mounted cane.

3. What is the known destination of the ship?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) Spain.
(c) The West Indies.
(d) France.

4. The morning after the Captain's fall, the surgeon says that the Captain is _______________.
(a) Insensible.
(b) Not fit for duty.
(c) Weak.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

5. Who can be excused from church services according to the tolerant Admiralty?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Jews.
(c) Dissenters.
(d) Catholics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Smith is ranked __________.

2. How many shipmen are on board the Renown?

3. How many minutes does the Captain give Mr. Lomax to deliver spirits to all the men?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 3, the Renown is plunging across the ________________.

5. The morning after his fall, why is the Captain restrained?

(see the answer key)

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