View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Doctor Maturin advises Sophia to be more __________ with Captain Aubrey.
(a) Modest.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Forward.

2. What century serves as the setting for Post Captain?
(a) 19th century.
(b) 21st century.
(c) 20th century.
(d) 1920.

3. What was the name of Captain Aubrey's first sea command?
(a) Savage Sea Explorer.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Serengeti.
(d) Royale.

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

5. How much of a full crew is Captain Aubrey missing with only thirty-three crewmen aboard the Polychrest?
(a) One fifth.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-half.
(d) One fourth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Captain Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin's trek across France?

2. Whose home is the setting for a party attended by Captain Aubrey, Mrs. Williams, and her daughter, Cecilia ?

3. What aspect of Captain Aubrey's life is damaged by his constant visits to Diana?

4. Which character is intelligent, demure, and eminently proper?

5. Who is the subject of the wisecracks that Smithers shares with Doctor Maturin?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 197 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample