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

2. What do the survivors do on the way to Brazil?
(a) Learn all about the new vessel they are on.
(b) Recuperate.
(c) Have a hard time recuperating because of the lack of stores.
(d) Some die.

3. On what does Aubrey instruct his midshipmen?
(a) Navigation.
(b) Storm types.
(c) Shipboard etiquette.
(d) Piloting.

4. How does what the Leopard men do help the Java?
(a) It relieves some marines for small-arms work in the fighting tops.
(b) They can concentrate on long-distance warfare.
(c) They are not just dead weight.
(d) They free up Java's men to board the Constitution.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Christmas of 1812 pass with some gloom?

2. Who expresses admiration for Aubrey's exploits and tenacity?

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

4. What is an accurate description of Wallis?

5. What does Captain Lambert decide to do?

(see the answer key)

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