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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of French Captain Christy-Palliere's ship that captured Captain Aubrey's first sea command?
(a) Desaix.
(b) Ritzonne.
(c) Placer du Mar.
(d) Sorbonne.

3. How can the Polychrest's entry into the harbor of its French port destination be accurately described?
(a) As challenging and a learning experience.
(b) As difficult and a failure.
(c) As easy and a success.
(d) As surprising and delightful.

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

5. What has Captain Aubrey done that has resulted in ill feelings between him and Admiral Harte?
(a) Harte loses a card game to Captain Aubrey, and Harte has not paid Aubrey pursuant to his wager in a card game that took place nearly two years before their meeting aboard the Polychrest.
(b) Harte learns that Captain Aubrey has been gossiping about him to officers and crew members aboard the Polychrest.
(c) Captain Aubrey cuckolded Admiral Harte.
(d) Aubrey loses a bet with Admiral Harte and has not paid Harte the amount that he had wagered in card game that took nearly two years before their meeting aboard the Polychrest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Captain Aubrey's ship master aboard the Polychrest?

3. What two sailors who had previously sailed with Aubrey sign up to crew the Polychrest?

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

5. Who owns a personal estate just across the border in Spain?

(see the answer key)

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