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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Aubrey and the Leopard crew volunteer to do?
(a) Guard the diplomat and his retinue.
(b) Man the rigging.
(c) Serve the forward gun battery.
(d) Serve on the boarding crew.

2. Why does Maturin speak to a priest?
(a) To talk about his upcoming marriage.
(b) To confess that he commited treason.
(c) To ask after an old friend who is a Catholic priest in Boston.
(d) To confess killing a man.

3. What causes Maturin to flee through the streets of Boston to Villiers' hotel?
(a) He does not go to see Villiers.
(b) He is again beset with attackers.
(c) He is anxious to tell her he will marry her.
(d) He is afraid she is about to be killed.

4. What does Maturin do in Villiers' room?
(a) Hides in the armoire.
(b) Tears it apart looking for a pistol.
(c) Hides under her bed covers.
(d) Clean his wounds.

5. What seems a possibility to the men after a few days?
(a) Starvation.
(b) They will start encountering other vessels as they have entered a shipping lane.
(c) They will sight land soon.
(d) They are on the wrong course.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Villiers go after Maturin collapses?

2. What does the vessel turn out to be?

3. Who does Maturin send to give a note to Aubrey?

4. What is in the Java's favor?

5. What does Aubrey ask of George Herapath?

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