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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Nagel lashed?
(a) He steals another crew's rations.
(b) He is rude to one of the wives on board.
(c) He lies about his duty.
(d) He is insolent to Hollom.

2. How does Maturin relax?
(a) Running around the poop deck.
(b) Climbing the rigging.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) Taking laudanum.

3. How do Maturin and Martin spend their days?
(a) Wining and dining the local women.
(b) Researching a cure for malaria.
(c) Counseling the crew members.
(d) Ashore botanizing and hiking.

4. Which two factions of the crew are doing well together?
(a) The ex-Defender factions and those from the lunatic asylum.
(b) The old hands and the ex-Defender factions.
(c) All of them seem to be doing well together.
(d) The old hands and those from the lunatic asylum.

5. When does Maturin bleed the entire crew?
(a) When the ship enters the tropics.
(b) When one man seems to have the plague.
(c) When one man comes down with typhus.
(d) When one of the wives comes down with malaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who agrees to accept a lesser position on Surprise since he has no other options at the time?

2. Why does Maturin find Allen's conversation interesting?

3. Who is Dundas?

4. What does Aubrey notice as Surprise sails South?

5. What is HMS Danaë carrying?

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