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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 do Aubrey and Dundas talk about when they hold a ship visit?
(a) All of these.
(b) How the blockade is working.
(c) Politics.
(d) Thornton's health.

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

3. What causes the flock of birds to fly over the blockade?
(a) An insect hoarde.
(b) Strange currents.
(c) Strong winds.
(d) A cold front.

4. Where is the Jemmapes from?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Maturin take pity on Yeats?

3. What forces the Worcester to leave the blockade?

4. What kind of people will the Worcester deliver to destinations?

5. What does Aubrey dislike about his father?

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