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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 waiter bring to Jack after he tries to convince Stephen to come with him on the voyage?
(a) Packet of orders from Captain Harte
(b) Applications for sailors
(c) Dessert
(d) Another promotion for Jack

2. Where does Jack tell his guns aboard the Sophia to aim?
(a) Guns
(b) Masts
(c) Galley
(d) Deck

3. Which character does Jack stop to visit at the hospital before arriving at his new command?
(a) Maturin
(b) Baldick
(c) Harte
(d) Aubrey

4. Which of the following terms best describes the type of thoughts Jack had when Maturin elbowed him during the concert?
(a) Murderous
(b) Angry
(c) Somber
(d) Relieved

5. What does Stephen warn of as a deadly danger from a lack of ventilation?
(a) Scurvy
(b) Gaol-fever
(c) Croup
(d) Hernias

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters has a cousin joining the ship?

2. What did Aubrey and Maturin share with their coffee as their friendship started?

3. What is a polacre?

4. What does Jack discount as a gnat in respect to Stephen joining the crew?

5. Everything for the crew goes well until they begin to do what?

(see the answer key)

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