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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Clonfert finally decide to do?
(a) Pursue an engagement for himself.
(b) Attack Mauritius.
(c) Return to the fleet.
(d) Return to Cape Town.

2. To where does the squadron go when it leaves Cape Town?
(a) La Reunion.
(b) French Guinea.
(c) La Verdana Island.
(d) The English Channel.

3. What does Maturin call tormina?
(a) A headache band around the forehead.
(b) Physcial cramping and anxiety.
(c) The inability to catch one's breath.
(d) A muscle cramp in the thigh.

4. What happens to the ships in Cape Town?
(a) They are given new crews.
(b) They are refitted.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They are sent to England.

5. Why is the Groper sacrificed?
(a) To blow up the garrison.
(b) To be a temporary breakwater.
(c) To take civilians off the island.
(d) To draw the French out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to two English frigates?

2. Where is much of the French fleet discovered?

3. Of what does McAdam say Clonfert's physical ailments are the result?

4. Why can't Pullings bring the French to combat?

5. Who is feuding?

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