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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news depresses Aubrey?
(a) News of the war.
(b) News about his assignment being given to another Captain.
(c) News about his wife's death.
(d) No news is what depresses Aubrey.

2. Who is a private citizen with connections to American intelligence?
(a) Harry Johnson.
(b) George Herapath.
(c) Fred Herapath.
(d) Aubrey

3. What helps the dehydration a little?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Distilling a tiny bit of salt water.
(c) A heavy rain.
(d) Eating raw fish.

4. Why is the La Flèche abandoned?
(a) A couple sailors have the plague.
(b) It has been captured.
(c) It is overrun by rats.
(d) It is on fire.

5. About what does the Navy department interview Aubrey?
(a) Maturin.
(b) Some ancient and rather cryptic notes.
(c) A missive from Admiral Nelson.
(d) An order that is intercepted by the Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the sailors believe when they encounter a vessel?

2. What is going to happen to the Leopard's crew?

3. What does Captain Lambert decide to do?

4. Who is Caroline?

5. What is full of double entendre between Johnson and Maturin?

(see the answer key)

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