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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Maturin threatened?
(a) By saying he will be handed over to the French.
(b) By taking him to the Naval prison yard.
(c) By a thinly-veiled note from the Admiral of the Navies.
(d) He is not threatened, merely entreated.

2. What is going to happen to the Leopard?
(a) It is being sold to a private merchant.
(b) It is being refitted with larger canons.
(c) It is being scuttled.
(d) It is being converted to a transport.

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

4. Of what are some American agents accusing Aubrey?
(a) Sedition.
(b) Lying.
(c) Executing an American soldier on the Leopard.
(d) War crimes.

5. What does the vessel turn out to be?
(a) A pirate vessel.
(b) The USS Constitution.
(c) A Dutch freighter.
(d) A US merchant vessel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maturin drag the corpse(s)?

2. Against what does Maturin warn Villiers?

3. What does Aubrey do on the voyage?

4. How is Aubrey's arm?

5. Why does Maturin leave the cricket match?

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