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

2. Who once gave Mrs. Fielding passage aboard his ship?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Nelson.
(c) Aubrey.
(d) Phipps.

3. Why do whaling ships have prominent crow's nests?
(a) To signal other ships that a particular whale is a ship's find.
(b) To facilitate spotting whales.
(c) To balance the ship when a whale carcass is attached.
(d) To be able to bombard the whale from a goodly height.

4. Where is Surprise to meet the HMS Danaë?
(a) Near Buenos Aires.
(b) Near Haiti.
(c) Near Boston.
(d) Near Newfoundland.

5. What does Hollom begin that is scandalous?
(a) A sexual affair with Mrs. Horner.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Reading a novel considered to be evil.
(d) Reading Tom Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Maturin observe trying to flirt with Mrs. Horner?

2. How does Surprise send mail home?

3. Who commands Surprise?

4. What good news does Surprise receive?

5. What friend does Maturin encounter on shore?

(see the answer key)

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