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

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

3. What is the name of the ship that is instrumental in pulling the Polychrest out of a sandbank after it runs aground?
(a) H.M.S.Lively.
(b) Fanciulla.
(c) H.M.S. Neptune.
(d) H.M.S. Seagull.

4. What position is held by MacDonald aboard the Polychrest?
(a) Marine captain.
(b) Second lieutenant.
(c) Head boatswain.
(d) Chief navigator.

5. What type of object is the French corvette?
(a) A carriage.
(b) An armory supply.
(c) A ship.
(d) A house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of people are converted into crew members for the Polychrest?

2. Who informs Captain Aubrey that mutiny may be imminent aboard the Polychrest?

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

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

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

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