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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 is the Worcester crew made up of?
(a) Luckless sailors.
(b) Lunatics.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) All of these.

2. What does the narrator say is the better part of valor?
(a) Discretion.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Mercy.

3. What does Mowett scold Maturin for on the ship?
(a) Being late.
(b) Not having his official papers.
(c) Not having luggage.
(d) Making the Captain mad.

4. What is Mowett's title in the Navy?
(a) Admiral.
(b) Commandant.
(c) Second Lieutenant.
(d) Corporal.

5. Where do the French escape into after the conflict at the blockade?
(a) A port.
(b) A coral reef.
(c) A Harbor.
(d) Toulon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Dundas's ship?

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

3. What hits Maturin on the head?

4. How does Aubrey know Babbington so well?

5. What does Aubrey do at the first stop the Worcester makes?

(see the answer key)

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