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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hosts a dinner party at which Captain Aubrey is pursued for arrest?
(a) The Pullings Family.
(b) Clarice Brennan.
(c) The Waite Family.
(d) Lady Knowles.

2. Who serves as Captain Aubrey's navigator as the Polychrest heads into the French port?
(a) First Lieutenant Parker.
(b) Crewman Stephen Steer.
(c) Doctor Stephen Maturin.
(d) Ship Master Goodridge.

3. What type of route does French Captain Christy-Palliere suggest that Aubrey and Maturin take to Spain?
(a) A route extending through French ports.
(b) A direct route.
(c) Through French countryside.
(d) Through Paris and Nice.

4. Who is Captain Aubrey's ship master aboard the Polychrest?
(a) Templeton.
(b) Goodridge.
(c) Ford.
(d) Greathouse.

5. What is the Polychrest armed with instead of long guns?
(a) Cannons.
(b) Carronades.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Dynamite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is injured aboard the Polychrest at the same time that Aubrey is injured?

2. What other ship's traits are also featured on the Polychrest?

3. What is the name of the ship that is instrumental in pulling the Polychrest out of a sandbank after it runs aground?

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

5. What position is held by MacDonald aboard the Polychrest?

(see the answer key)

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