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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dundas and Aubrey once do at a water stop when they are young men?
(a) Duel with swords.
(b) Swim in a river with crocodiles.
(c) Force the entire crew to bathe.
(d) Sneak a woman on board.

2. With whom does Mrs. Williams insinuate that Diana is having an affair?
(a) No one.
(b) Sir Weston.
(c) Mr. Wilson.
(d) Mr. Moneypenny.

3. What bothers Maturin on the ship?
(a) The sick berth.
(b) His living quarters.
(c) The squalor of the kitchen.
(d) The lack of ventilation.

4. Why do the two men apologize to each other?
(a) Dundas cuts Aubrey with his sword.
(b) They each believed something in error about the other.
(c) Aubrey says unkind things about Dundas' mother.
(d) Dundas infers something about Aubrey's wife.

5. At what game did Dundas once beat Aubrey?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Cards.
(c) Backgammon.
(d) Chess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Dundas and Aubrey once flogged?

2. What does Maturin hear Padeen Coleman doing with Brigid?

3. Who is Heneage Dundas?

4. About what does Aubrey express anxiety?

5. From what is Aubrey recovering?

(see the answer key)

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