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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.
(a) Coffee.
(b) Rum.
(c) An opiate.
(d) Alcohol.

2. What rank is Bush on the ship?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 5th.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 4th.

3. Lieutenants are promoted through merit _______.
(a) Rarely.
(b) Every few years.
(c) Only when prisoners are captured.
(d) Often.

4. The word _______ strikes Bush's ear with special emphasis as the Captain reads.
(a) Mutiny.
(b) Justice.
(c) Quarrel.
(d) Death.

5. Wellard is a ____________.
(a) Purser.
(b) Stow away.
(c) Volunteer.
(d) Junior Lieutenant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wellard is punished by being beaten with ______________.

2. How many shipmen are on board the Renown?

3. To what does the 19th Article pertain?

4. What does the phrase, "rope yarn Sunday" mean when the Captain declares it after his reading?

5. With whom does Bush spend three weeks between employments?

(see the answer key)

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