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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game does Maturin believe cricket resembles?
(a) Hurley.
(b) Lawn tennis.
(c) Rugby.
(d) Crochet.

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

3. What do the sailors believe when they encounter a vessel?
(a) It is a merchant vessel.
(b) It is from Brazil.
(c) It is a French frigate.
(d) It is a friendly vessel at an appointed rendezvous.

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

5. What does Maturin do after Java strikes her colors?
(a) Asks permission to retain his specimen collection.
(b) Tends to the wounded.
(c) Runs down to his quarters to save his laudenum.
(d) Operates on Aubrey's head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wallis?

2. Why is the La Flèche abandoned?

3. Who is the first man to die?

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

5. Who have all taken passage in the same boat?

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