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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Christmas of 1812 pass with some gloom?
(a) The war is not over.
(b) The sailors are not in the thick of the war.
(c) The war is not going well.
(d) Aubrey's men had expected to celebrate Christmas in England.

2. What is full of double entendre between Johnson and Maturin?
(a) The conversation between Maturin and George Herapath.
(b) The conversation between Aubrey and U.S. Naval Intelligence.
(c) Their initial conversation.
(d) The conversation between Villiers and Maturin.

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

4. What does Maturin do after Java strikes her colors?
(a) Tends to the wounded.
(b) Operates on Aubrey's head.
(c) Runs down to his quarters to save his laudenum.
(d) Asks permission to retain his specimen collection.

5. What is Aubrey doing in the hand-to-hand combat?
(a) Using his left hand and a saber.
(b) Using a club.
(c) Protecting Villiers.
(d) Holding the bridge secure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey strenuously argue to retain?

2. What port has the HMS Leopard reached in Chapter 1?

3. Where is Shannon near?

4. What civilian is on board the ship?

5. How is Aubrey's arm?

(see the answer key)

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