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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 happens the first time they sight a vessel?
(a) They almost collide with it but they don't see the small boat in the fog.
(b) They try to catch it by rowing.
(c) They try not to be seen since it is an American vessel.
(d) They hail it but it ignore them.

2. How does Aubrey respond to the Navy's questions?
(a) Cooperative.
(b) He is angry and shaken.
(c) Incredulous.
(d) Indifferent.

3. Of what are some American agents accusing Aubrey?
(a) Executing an American soldier on the Leopard.
(b) War crimes.
(c) Lying.
(d) Sedition.

4. How does what the Leopard men do help the Java?
(a) They are not just dead weight.
(b) They can concentrate on long-distance warfare.
(c) They free up Java's men to board the Constitution.
(d) It relieves some marines for small-arms work in the fighting tops.

5. What separates all the life boats from each other?
(a) Foul weather.
(b) Anger among the crew members.
(c) The incompetence of some of the crew.
(d) It is regulation to do so.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does George Herapath live during the American Revolutionary War?

2. Why does Maturin speak to a priest?

3. What does Aubrey show Maturin later in the day after the attempted abduction?

4. What seems a possibility to the men after a few days?

5. Who calls on Maturin at Asclepia?

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