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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who recognizes Aubrey and Maturin on the ship the Surprise encounters?
(a) Several of the enlisted crew.
(b) Some of the officers.
(c) The French captain.
(d) No one.

2. What does Wray constantly work to do?
(a) Destroy Maturin.
(b) Finding new species of plants in the West Indies.
(c) Support Maturin.
(d) Ferret out double spies for British intelligence.

3. Who is Dundas?
(a) Mrs. Fielding's brother.
(b) Maturin's cousin.
(c) A longtime friend of Aubrey's.
(d) A longtime enemy of Aubrey's.

4. What does Dundas suggest to Aubrey?
(a) To take on Mr. Allen as surgeon's assistant.
(b) To retire.
(c) To take on Mr. Allen as sailing master.
(d) To take on Mr. Fielding as sailing master.

5. Where does Aubrey recruit some dozen of the new sailors on the Surprise?
(a) Other ships.
(b) The local bars.
(c) An insane asylum.
(d) A penal colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin do pro bono?

2. How does Maturin relax?

3. Why is Nagel lashed?

4. What rumors once existed about Mrs. Fielding?

5. Whom does the crew consider a Jonah?

(see the answer key)

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