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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 Aubrey say the Navy does not stock their ships well with?
(a) Water.
(b) Practice powder.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Spare wood.

2. What do the crew do when the birds land on the ship?
(a) Kill them for food.
(b) Throw them overboard.
(c) Capture them in cages.
(d) Kick and stomp on them.

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

4. What does Yeats say will ruin him?
(a) Tobacco spit.
(b) Salt water.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Impressments.

5. How does Aubrey know Babbington so well?
(a) He went to school with him.
(b) They fought in the war together.
(c) He was on trial with him once.
(d) He trained Babbington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Dundas's ship?

2. What region is Thornton most worried about with the blockade?

3. What have the birds eaten that might be dangerous to the crew?

4. What is Mitchell's title in the Navy?

5. How does Aubrey feel about Dundas?

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