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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 hits Maturin on the head?
(a) A water barrel.
(b) A cannon.
(c) A brick.
(d) A block of wood.

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

3. What is the name of Maturin's wife?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Diana.

4. What does Maturin say his wife does brilliantly?
(a) Throw dinner parties.
(b) Dress herself.
(c) Read his writing out loud.
(d) Have patience with him.

5. How does Maturin protect Yeats?
(a) He declares him medically unfit.
(b) He gives him the early shift.
(c) He assigns him as his assistant.
(d) He puts him in the brig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the officers on the Worcester dislike Maturin?

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

3. Why does Aubrey delay setting sail on the Worcester?

4. How does the narrator describe Maturin?

5. Why does Rowan come aboard the ship?

(see the answer key)

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