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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Admiralty order the Polychrest to do upon reaching a particular French port?
(a) Pick up rations for the sailors and medicine for the infirmary aboard the Polychrest.
(b) Deliver wheat to the French and pick up fine fabrics for new uniforms for the Admiralty.
(c) Deliver French prisoners who have been held captive in England and Pick up some British prisoners who have been held in France.
(d) Attack the port and destroy a particular ship.

2. Who helps Captain Aubrey recruit sailors by drawing a poster promising rewards to those who sign up to crew the Polychrest?
(a) Blakesley.
(b) Scrivens.
(c) McIntire.
(d) Haynesworth.

3. What was the name of Captain Aubrey's first sea command?
(a) Savage Sea Explorer.
(b) Serengeti.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Royale.

4. Who is the French military and political leader who declares war on England?
(a) Charles DeGaulle.
(b) Christy-Palliere.
(c) Jean Lafitte.
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte.

5. What country is close to Toulon, France?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Spain
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hosts a dinner party at which Captain Aubrey is pursued for arrest?

2. The Polychrest ends its voyage to the French port by___________________.

3. What occurs between Captain Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin as they leave the French port and head back to England?

4. What type of ships do Captain Aubrey and the Polychrest encounter in as they began to leave the French port?

5. What is the main topic of conversation between Captain Aubrey and his old friend, French Captain Christy-Palliere, on their first opportunity to visit following a lengthy time apart?

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