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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of dueling pistols does Doctor Maturin borrow from MacDonald?
(a) Joseph Manton.
(b) Stephen Carrothers.
(c) Howard Bentley.
(d) L.D. Bounds.

2. Who is the French military and political leader who declares war on England?
(a) Christy-Palliere.
(b) Charles DeGaulle.
(c) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(d) Jean Lafitte.

3. What year do the events in Chapter 4 take place?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1865.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of lifestyle are thousands of sailors released to following the war between England and France?

2. What natural marvel do the passengers aboard the Indiaman get to see as the ship is making its way to England?

3. What official at the Admiralty does Captain Aubrey meet with to discuss obtaining a sea command?

4. What unusual object does Maturin find in his holsters?

5. Who shares an interest in obscure scientific theories with Doctor Maturin?

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