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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aubrey's main personal problem?
(a) His wife is sick.
(b) He is losing his memory.
(c) He has a terminal disease.
(d) He is deep in debt.

2. Why does Maturin live away from his wife when he is in town?
(a) He chooses to do so.
(b) She has commanded him to.
(c) It saves them money.
(d) It is the fashion of the time.

3. How does Aubrey describe his mission on the Worcester as part of his career?
(a) A lesson in patience.
(b) A parenthesis.
(c) A punishment.
(d) A suicide mission.

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

5. What does Maturin try to teach Graham about?
(a) British history.
(b) Science.
(c) Religion.
(d) Nautical elements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the officers gossip about while at the first stop?

2. Where does the Worcester make her first stop?

3. What does Mowett scold Maturin for on the ship?

4. What does Maturin's wife like to do?

5. What is Graham's job on the ship?

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