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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. What does Aubrey do on the voyage?
(a) Writes many lengthy letters home.
(b) Takes turn doing watches on the bridge.
(c) Helps Maturin with his collection.
(d) Practises his sword skills.

2. What is going to happen to the Leopard?
(a) It is being sold to a private merchant.
(b) It is being refitted with larger canons.
(c) It is being converted to a transport.
(d) It is being scuttled.

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

4. How does Maturin find the Captain of the La Flèche?
(a) Arrogant and condescending.
(b) Entirely agreeable, well-read, and intelligent.
(c) A fop.
(d) Feckless.

5. Why does the Leopard make quite a stir when entering the port?
(a) She is flying Dutch colors.
(b) She was thought to be long lost at sea.
(c) She is listing badly to starboard.
(d) She is the first English colors seen there in years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What port has the HMS Leopard reached in Chapter 1?

2. Why does Maturin leave the cricket match?

3. What is Maturin carrying when his turn at bat arrives?

4. Where does La Flèche stop to resupply?

5. What game does Maturin believe cricket resembles?

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