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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say Graham is bereft of?
(a) Humor.
(b) Patience.
(c) Hair.
(d) Malice.

2. What keeps Maturin away from home for long periods of time?
(a) His job with the Navy.
(b) His publishing tours.
(c) His scientific studies.
(d) His bouts of sickness.

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

4. Where is Graham specifically educated about?
(a) The Celtic religious sects.
(b) All waterways.
(c) The Ionian region.
(d) The United Kingdom.

5. Why does Aubrey delay setting sail on the Worcester?
(a) He is waiting for his paper.
(b) He needs the all clear signal.
(c) He needs a favorable wind.
(d) He is waiting for Maturin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aubrey's title in the Navy?

2. What causes the fear of the Jemmapes after they are fired on?

3. Why is Maturin called away from the trip?

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

5. What is Maturin's first name?

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