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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relation is Diana to Sophia?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Sister.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Mother-In-Law.

2. What language does Maturin use to enter his personal observations in his diary?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Catalan.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

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

4. What does Adam Scriven try to do to Aubrey while the Captain is out walking around town one night?
(a) He tries to ridicule him.
(b) He tries to entertain him.
(c) He tries to meet him.
(d) He tries to rob him.

5. What type of makeshift facility does Captain Aubrey's new sea command accommodate?
(a) Public infirmary.
(b) Floating market.
(c) Cargo carrier.
(d) Gun platform.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of a full crew is Captain Aubrey missing with only thirty-three crewmen aboard the Polychrest?

2. What is the name of Captain Aubrey's old friend who is captain of The Franchise?

3. What does the Admiralty order the Polychrest to do upon reaching a particular French port?

4. Following the first in a series of dinner parties, which character contacts Captain Jack Aubrey to establish courteous relations?

5. How many casualties does the Lord Nelson endure upon its capture by the Bellone?

(see the answer key)

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