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

3. What is Midshipman Hollom's situation on Gibraltar?
(a) Works for the Fieldings.
(b) Penniless.
(c) In the brig.
(d) Supervises a refit project for the Celebration.

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

5. Why is Martin considered bad luck?
(a) He is missing a hand.
(b) He is a parson.
(c) He has a peg leg.
(d) He is red haired.

6. Who is Mr. Wray?
(a) A special ops undercover British agent.
(b) A French spy.
(c) Maturin's oldest and best friend.
(d) A retired British lawyer.

7. Why does Aubrey contrive to cross the equator on Sunday?
(a) So they will not be in port until the next week.
(b) It is considered good luck to do so.
(c) He does not contrive to do so; it just happens.
(d) So the crew will not party.

8. What kind of ship is the Surprise?
(a) A slaver.
(b) A passenger ferry.
(c) A British man-of-war.
(d) A merchant frigate.

9. What is Maturin's position on board the Surprise?
(a) First mate.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) First Officer.
(d) Gunner's mate.

10. What happens to over half of the whales killed?
(a) They are eaten by sharks.
(b) They have no oil and are sunk.
(c) They are lost and not rendered into oil.
(d) They are brought successfully to port.

11. What does Maturin do with the blood from the crew?
(a) Uses it to create an antidote.
(b) Uses it to trap mosquitoes.
(c) Throws it out.
(d) Uses it to catch several large sharks.

12. Who is Midshipman Hollom?
(a) Mrs. Fielding's cousin.
(b) An aging midshipman unable to achieve promotion to Lieutenant.
(c) A sailor on board the Celebration.
(d) Mr. Fielding's brother-in-law.

13. With whom does Surprise rendezvous unexpectedly?
(a) The HMS Dagger.
(b) A French privateer.
(c) The USS Constitution.
(d) Several Indiamen.

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

15. Why does Horner seek a consultation with Maturin?
(a) To talk about Hollom flirting with his wife.
(b) To ask sexual advice.
(c) To ask Maturin to care for his wife if something happens to him.
(d) To cure his impotence.