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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 the name of the Indiaman that Aubrey and Maturin board in Gibraltar?
(a) King of the Sea.
(b) The Carrington.
(c) Lord Nelson.
(d) The Othello.

2. Who does Diana scoff at along with the idea of being paired with Captain Jack Aubrey?
(a) Frances Williams.
(b) Mrs. Williams.
(c) Sophia Williams.
(d) Cecelia Williams.

3. Aboard the Polychrest, Captain Aubrey curses a young lady whom he mistakes for a ______________.
(a) Waif.
(b) Scavenger.
(c) Ship's boy.
(d) Stowaway.

4. Which character is intelligent, demure, and eminently proper?
(a) Frances Williams.
(b) Mrs. Williams.
(c) Diana Villiers.
(d) Sophia Williams.

5. Who owns a personal estate just across the border in Spain?
(a) Diana Villiers.
(b) Sophia Williams.
(c) Captain Jack Aubrey.
(d) Doctor Stephen Maturin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character appears in threadbare dress and covered with crumbs at a dinner party hosted by Mrs. Williams at Mapes Court?

3. Who announces a forthcoming formal ball in Chapter 2?

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

5. In Chapter 2, which character begins to subtly court Captain Jack Aubrey?

(see the answer key)

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