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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How experienced is Maturin in cricket?
(a) He is not very skilled but likes playing the game.
(b) He plays whenever he is in a port.
(c) He led his team at Oxford to victory.
(d) He has no experience.

2. What good news does the Captain offer Aubrey?
(a) That his wife knows he is alive.
(b) That his wife has had a son.
(c) That Aubrey is being considered as a fleet commander.
(d) That the Acasta has been entirely re-fitted.

3. What does Aubrey strenuously argue to retain?
(a) His field promotion to Admiral.
(b) His personal valet.
(c) His prize vessel.
(d) His lieutenants and midshipmen.

4. Upon what vessel is Aubrey traveling to England?
(a) The HMS Fortune.
(b) The HMS Northhampton.
(c) A small private merchant vessel.
(d) The La Flèche.

5. Over what does Maturin agonize when on board the La Flèche?
(a) How to categorize some of the odd species he has collected.
(b) What he will tell his wife who did not think he was returning to her.
(c) Why he made such a fool of himself on the cricket field.
(d) His numerous natural history specimens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maturin leave the cricket match?

2. How does Maturin almost make a serious faux pas?

3. On what does Aubrey instruct his midshipmen?

4. What is an accurate description of Wallis?

5. What famous joke of Aubrey's does Aubrey perpetuate on Maturin?

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