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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does before the mast mean?
(a) Promoting a common sailor into a midshipman
(b) Stripping a midshipman of his status and turning him into a common sailor
(c) Calling out a sailor of higher rank to compete in a duel for his rank
(d) Raising the sails of a ship in surrender to the enemy

2. What does Jack imagine using to beat down Maturin?
(a) Sword
(b) Cello
(c) Violin
(d) Gilt chair

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

4. What causes Jack to jump on a chair?
(a) Fish
(b) Snake
(c) Attacker
(d) A joke from Stephen

5. Which of the following characters has a hare lip?
(a) Surel
(b) Brown
(c) Cheslin
(d) Florey

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the officers dress to administer the punishment?

2. Which of the following characters' death is included in the Sophie's log?

3. Which word best describes how Stephen felt about the giant waves from the southeasterly storm?

4. Maturin tells Jack that he can be found where most any morning?

5. Which character does Jack stop to visit at the hospital before arriving at his new command?

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