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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of relationship is shared between Captain Jack Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Friends.
(c) Half-Brothers.
(d) Neighbors.

3. Following the war, what becomes Captain Aubrey's employment status as he is cast ashore in England?
(a) Post captain.
(b) His job status does not change.
(c) Unemployed.
(d) Admiral.

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

5. As the days go by, what game do Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin play often?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Piquet.
(d) Spades.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aside from being a surgeon, what type of work does Stephen Maturin also handle?

2. What is the name of the vessel carrying Captain Jack Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin at the beginning of Post Captain?

3. Where is Mapes Court located in relation to the gentleman's residence that Captain Aubrey has rented?

4. In Chapter 2, which character is described as vain, uneven, and prone to periods of meanness?

5. What is the name of the first lieutenant on the Indiaman headed to England with Aubrey and Maturin aboard?

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