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

2. What does the crew of the Jemmapes fear when Aubrey fires on them?
(a) They have a new secret weapon.
(b) They are breaking a treaty.
(c) They are being attacked by pirates.
(d) A dead man is the captain.

3. What does Maturin call the clandestine rendezvous?
(a) A delegation.
(b) A necessary evil.
(c) A mistake.
(d) A farce.

4. How does the narrator describe Maturin?
(a) Introverted.
(b) Routine.
(c) All of these.
(d) Reserved.

5. What is Pullings' title in the Navy?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Major.
(c) Senior Lieutenant.
(d) Corporal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hits Maturin on the head?

2. Why does someone get mad about how the crew treats the birds that land on the ship?

3. What does Thornton tell captains in the blockade to do once the French have broken through?

4. What allows the French to break through the blockade?

5. Why does Harte give Aubrey the mission of meeting with the potentates?

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