View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what position will Tom Pullings work on Surprise?
(a) Rigger.
(b) First mate.
(c) Captain's stewart.
(d) Coxswain.

2. Who is at a gathering on the ship that night?
(a) The ship's officers.
(b) The officers, admirals and other notables.
(c) The ship's crew.
(d) Several intelligence officers.

3. At what does Aubrey relentlessly practice the crew?
(a) Firing the guns.
(b) Rigging the sails.
(c) Boarding and rowing the small boats.
(d) Obeying orders instantly.

4. What do the Sethians do at the mention of the name Seth?
(a) Genuflect.
(b) Jerk their thumbs upward.
(c) Nod their heads.
(d) Cross themselves.

5. Why was the item from question #89 sent to Aubrey?
(a) For capturing an American privateer.
(b) He ordered it for his wife.
(c) For sinking the Azul.
(d) He won it in a bet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What war is going on when THE LETTER OF MARQUE takes place?

2. What position did the two men in question #42 have in England?

3. What does Maturin spend too much time doing as he walks to town?

4. What kind of addiction does Maturin have?

5. Why is Aubrey reticent at the gathering?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 224 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample