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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. What does Maturin give Aubrey as the ship in question #38 closes?
(a) A list of trade goods loaded on board.
(b) A letter of protection.
(c) Orders to capture any Spanish vessel.
(d) A letter from a French admiral Maturin knows.

2. What musical instrument does Aubrey play?
(a) Harmonica.
(b) Bugle.
(c) Fiddle.
(d) Flute.

3. How much laudanum does Maturin say he takes every day?
(a) Twenty times the medicinal dose.
(b) Forty times the medicinal dose.
(c) He takes a medicinal dose six times a day.
(d) He takes a medicinal dose four times a day.

4. Why does Aubrey think work is done better by privately-funded operations than the government?
(a) He has no opinion on private versus government work.
(b) It is better quality.
(c) It takes longer but is done right.
(d) It is done more efficiently.

5. What does Maturin insist is possible with tragic literature?
(a) A happy end.
(b) No romance involved.
(c) Some comedy.
(d) A lucky protagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey do after the encounter with Spartan and Merlin?

2. Who/What comes out to fight Aubrey's crew?

3. What does Maturin have that belongs to Diana?

4. What color is Surprise painted in order to capture Spartan?

5. Why are the two men from question # 42 not in England?

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