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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. Where does the French ship head after breaking through the blockade?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Toulon.
(d) London.

2. What is the Worcester declared when it gets to the meeting point after the conflict at the blockade?
(a) Demoted to a trade ship.
(b) Unfit for duty.
(c) Challenged.
(d) In need of repair.

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

4. What is the Worcester crew made up of?
(a) All of these.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Lunatics.
(d) Luckless sailors.

5. What does the narrator say is the better part of valor?
(a) Discretion.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Bravery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aubrey once save Davis?

2. What will the potentates bargain for?

3. Who picks the first potentate to meet with?

4. Why does Aubrey spend a small fortune of his own money on something for the ship?

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

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