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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Aubrey not want to sail on the Worcester?
(a) He knows it will get into danger.
(b) He thinks it is beneath him.
(c) He wants to stay home.
(d) He has been on it before.

2. Why does Maturin take pity on Yeats?
(a) He is still angry with Aubrey.
(b) He has seen this man before.
(c) He seems friendly.
(d) He has no nautical skill.

3. Who orders the crew to leave the birds alone?
(a) Pullings.
(b) Maturin.
(c) Graham.
(d) Thornton.

4. What does Aubrey dislike about his father?
(a) His debt.
(b) All of these.
(c) His treatment of his new wife.
(d) His political impropriety.

5. What region is Thornton most worried about with the blockade?
(a) The French region.
(b) The Ionian region.
(c) The Mediterranean region.
(d) The Baltic region.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maturin feel about Aubrey?

2. Why does Aubrey spend a small fortune of his own money on something for the ship?

3. What ship does Aubrey take with him on his new duty after leaving the blockade?

4. How does Maturin protect Yeats?

5. Why did things not go as expected for Aubrey when he went into the harbor with the French consort?

(see the answer key)

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