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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Diana Villier's marital status in Post Captain?
(a) Single.
(b) Separated.
(c) Widowed.
(d) Divorced

2. Who criticizes Aubrey for not taking the blockade runner?
(a) Adam Scriven.
(b) Admiral Haddock.
(c) Admiral Harte.
(d) Stephen Maturin.

3. What natural marvel do the passengers aboard the Indiaman get to see as the ship is making its way to England?
(a) A snow-capped mountain.
(b) A mermaid.
(c) A rainbow.
(d) A finback whale.

4. What two sailors who had previously sailed with Aubrey sign up to crew the Polychrest?
(a) Spencer Truitt and Martin Friar.
(b) Barrett Bonden and Joseph Plaice.
(c) Aaron Jacks and Gabriel Gentry.
(d) Mark Hampton and Flynn Prescott.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aubrey yell profane orders to believing to be the ship's boy?

2. What historical ship could the Polychrest's design be partially based on?

3. What item does Diana ask Maturin to sell in order to buy cloth and threads to make herself a suitable dress for the formal ball?

4. Who does Diana find herself under the care of in Chapter 2?

5. Which character is intelligent, demure, and eminently proper?

(see the answer key)

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