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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ship weighs anchor at Shelmerston?
(a) Ringle.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Bereson.
(d) Nelson.

2. What does Aubrey point out through his telescope?
(a) The young age of the sailors on many of his ships.
(b) Several of the ships of his new squadron.
(c) A new star Aubrey has just found.
(d) A new star that Aubrey just found.

3. What does Maturin hear Padeen Coleman doing with Brigid?
(a) Teaching her Irish.
(b) Teaching her numbers.
(c) Playing peekaboo.
(d) Playing hide and seek.

4. From what is Aubrey recovering?
(a) A sword slash across his chest.
(b) A bad cold.
(c) The ague.
(d) A fall from his horse.

5. For whom does Sophie hold a dinner party?
(a) The post captains in Aubrey's command.
(b) Her best friends from childhood.
(c) All the officers of the mess on Ringle.
(d) Her god daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Maturin excited to hear Coleman and Brigid?

2. How is the high-place traitor described?

3. About what does Sophie speak to Maturin?

4. About what does Aubrey express anxiety?

5. With whom does Mrs. Williams insinuate that Diana is having an affair?

(see the answer key)

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