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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What seems a possibility to the men after a few days?
(a) They will sight land soon.
(b) They are on the wrong course.
(c) They will start encountering other vessels as they have entered a shipping lane.
(d) Starvation.

2. What does Aubrey watch in the dense fog?
(a) A spy being hung.
(b) Two English frigates sneak past the American blockade.
(c) Two American frigates sneak past the English blockade.
(d) Maturin being tortured.

3. What does Wogan attempt to convince Maturin to do?
(a) Give her more information about the movement of British ships.
(b) Be an American agent.
(c) Be her lover.
(d) Get rid of Micheal Herapath for her.

4. 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.

5. What is the weather like as Aubrey looks out over the harbor after the questioning?
(a) Clear and warm.
(b) Dense fog.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Snowy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one-sided?

2. How are Aubrey's men received?

3. What game does Maturin believe cricket resembles?

4. What is the initial topic of discussion between Maturin and Johnson?

5. Who calls upon Wallis?

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