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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What impresses Aubrey about the Shannon?
(a) It's extra sails.
(b) It's double mast.
(c) Its displacement.
(d) Its high state of readiness.

3. Why does Maturin leave the cricket match?
(a) He is feeling the need for some laudenum.
(b) He has to treat a crewmember who is cut up in a fight.
(c) He is called away to assist in preparation of some documents.
(d) He is feeling ill.

4. What vessel will Aubrey be captaining once he arrives in England?
(a) The Leopard after its refitting.
(b) The Northhampton.
(c) The York.
(d) The Acasta.

5. What does Aubrey fear?
(a) The Shannon will sink.
(b) The Shannon will drift out into open sea disabled.
(c) The much greater force of the Chesapeake will overpower those on the Shannon.
(d) The Chesapeake will ram the Shannon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the Leopard make quite a stir when entering the port?

3. How does Maturin know about his newfound status?

4. How might the voyage back to England be described?

5. What is in the Java's favor?

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