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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Admiralty order the Polychrest to do upon reaching a particular French port?
(a) Attack the port and destroy a particular ship.
(b) Deliver French prisoners who have been held captive in England and Pick up some British prisoners who have been held in France.
(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. What is the Polychrest armed with instead of long guns?
(a) Cannons.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Carronades.

3. What historical ship could the Polychrest's design be partially based on?
(a) The H.M.S. Cavalcade.
(b) The H.M.S. Project.
(c) The H.M.S. Bledsoe.
(d) The H.M.S. Lexington.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What body part does Macdonald lose during the naval engagement ?

2. Who is Aubrey beginning a casual dalliance with at the same time that he is courting Sophia?

3. Richard Canning is a Jew, a powerful businessman, and incredibly __________________.

4. Why does Captain Aubrey decline Diana Villier's invitation to meet on the day following Lady Keith's dinner party?

5. Who is about the only person who remains on friendly terms with Maturin following the Doctor's fierce argument with Aubrey over Diana?

(see the answer key)

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