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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the birds eaten that might be dangerous to the crew?
(a) Poisonous seeds.
(b) Poisonous insects.
(c) Lead pellets.
(d) Dyed pellets.

2. What does Thornton talk to Maturin about during their visit together?
(a) Politics.
(b) All of these.
(c) How the blockade is working.
(d) Aubrey's health.

3. Who is killed when the Suprise attacks the French's rear?
(a) The captain.
(b) A Parson.
(c) The political delegate.
(d) A French spy.

4. What kind of patient is Maturin?
(a) Loud and painful.
(b) Impatient and angry.
(c) Scared and nervous.
(d) Patient and kind.

5. How many guns are on the Jemmapes?
(a) 74.
(b) 64.
(c) 88.
(d) 58.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thornton choose to go home after the conflict at the blockade?

2. What diminishes Martin's love for the Navy?

3. What does Yeats say will ruin him?

4. What happens to make Maturin deathly ill after he is hit in the head?

5. What is Latham's ship called?

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