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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many shipmen are on board the Renown?
(a) 740.
(b) 770.
(c) 704.
(d) 440.

2. What does the Captain read to the ship's company on the fourth Sunday of every month?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) Leviticus.
(c) A church service.
(d) The Articles of War.

3. Who is the officer on watch during the Captain's reading?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Bush.
(d) Buckland.

4. 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 be punished for being idle.
(c) The men would drink rum all afternoon.
(d) The men would tie ropes all Sunday.

5. The 22nd Article concerns _______________.
(a) Consequences of quarreling with a superior officer.
(b) Consequences of spying.
(c) Consequences of mutiny.
(d) Treatment of prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "The traitors meet their desserts and the loyal hearts their reward. Give a cheer, you men."?

2. What is the name of the ship that Lt. William Bush boards at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. Who can be excused from church services according to the tolerant Admiralty?

4. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.

5. What is the consequence for being caught speaking mutinously in secret?

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