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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what country does Diana Villiers leave in order to return to England?
(a) United States.
(b) India.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Ireland.

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

3. How can Diana's family be labeled on a socio-economic basis?
(a) Poor and penniless.
(b) Blue-collar workers.
(c) Sharecroppers.
(d) Rich and powerful.

4. Who does Aubrey yell profane orders to believing to be the ship's boy?
(a) The ship's cook.
(b) One of the female passengers carrying shot.
(c) The ship's boy.
(d) The ship's lookout.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Aubrey consider buying, but is not quite sure of its tone?

2. What relation is Sophia to Frances?

3. What is the name of the Indiaman that Aubrey and Maturin board in Gibraltar?

4. What type of route does French Captain Christy-Palliere suggest that Aubrey and Maturin take to Spain?

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

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