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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 about Maturin's collection most interests the crew?
(a) The stuffed Komodo dragon.
(b) The life 10 foot boa constrictor.
(c) The stuffed gorilla.
(d) The spirits in which the specimens are soaking.

2. What helps the dehydration a little?
(a) A heavy rain.
(b) Eating raw fish.
(c) Distilling a tiny bit of salt water.
(d) Nothing.

3. Why is the La Flèche abandoned?
(a) It has been captured.
(b) A couple sailors have the plague.
(c) It is on fire.
(d) It is overrun by rats.

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

5. What has been the outcome of those encounters?
(a) Aubrey is unsure of the outcomes.
(b) The Americans and English have split victories.
(c) The Americans have been decisively victorious.
(d) Nothing decisive has been accomplished.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many nautical miles does the ship cover daily?

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

3. What does Aubrey strenuously argue to retain?

4. Who is Pontet-Canet?

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

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