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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ship has Parker been assigned to captain?
(a) S.S. Seagull.
(b) Remington.
(c) Bellone.
(d) Fanciulla.

3. What occurs between Captain Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin as they leave the French port and head back to England?
(a) They remain at odds with one another.
(b) They agree to engage in a duel over Diana upon their return to England.
(c) They re-establish their friendship.
(d) They plot to confront Diana about the true nature of her association with Richard Canning.

4. Why does Captain Aubrey want the Indiaman Lord Nelson captured by the British?
(a) So that he can return to England aboard it.
(b) So that he can practice navigating between England and France.
(c) So that he can be promoted to higher posts.
(d) To escape from the probability that Bonaparte's soldiers may find them and arrest them.

5. Where is the gentleman's residence that Captain Jack Aubrey rents located?
(a) Polcary Down.
(b) Victoria Down.
(c) Lampkin Place.
(d) Meredith Down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fact about the Polychrest leads Captain Aubrey and two of his officers to re-design the ship's rigging?

2. Whose home is the setting for a party attended by Captain Aubrey, Mrs. Williams, and her daughter, Cecilia ?

3. What relation is Diana to Sophia?

4. What does Aubrey forgo in favor of professional duty?.

5. What type of makeshift facility does Captain Aubrey's new sea command accommodate?

(see the answer key)

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