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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 does Maturin arouse humor among the cricket players and audience?
(a) He smashes the wicket to pieces.
(b) He hits the wicket in the wrong direction.
(c) He trips on the way around the field.
(d) He faces the wrong way.

2. How long is the life boat in which Aubrey and his men float?
(a) 18 feet.
(b) 32 feet.
(c) 14 feet.
(d) 24 feet.

3. Who calls upon Wallis?
(a) Maturin.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) Admiral Hornblower.
(d) First Mate Johnson.

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

5. How does Maturin almost make a serious faux pas?
(a) By telling the first mate what Maturin thinks of the mate's mother.
(b) By almost missing the Captain's table.
(c) By asking to examine the eye socket of a one-eyed sailor.
(d) By forgetting the Captain's name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey do on the voyage?

2. What war do they learn has erupted?

3. How many men are in Aubrey's life boat?

4. How does Maturin find the Captain of the La Flèche?

5. Where does the Constitution land?

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