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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. Where does the Constitution land?
(a) Boston.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) New York.

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

3. How many times have the Americans encountered the British?
(a) 13.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

4. What course of action makes sense?
(a) Staying out of range of the Constitution's guns.
(b) Running out to open sea.
(c) A boarding party.
(d) Staging the battle in three phases.

5. What war do they learn has erupted?
(a) Between France and the United States of America.
(b) Between England and the United States of America.
(c) Between England and Russia.
(d) Between France and Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Yorke?

2. How long is the life boat in which Aubrey and his men float?

3. What is in the Java's favor?

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

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

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