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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Aubrey learn?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything he needs to know to fullfill his mission.
(c) That his wife has died.
(d) Much of the same information as Maturin has provided.

3. What kind of Captain is Corbett known to be?
(a) A good seaman but lax with his sailors.
(b) Someone to respect but doesn't like to kill.
(c) An easy going man.
(d) A rigid disciplinarian and a fighting captain.

4. What is one thing Aubrey does in preparation for sailing?
(a) Spends several days alone with Sophie.
(b) Fires his midshipmen.
(c) Gets drunk three days in a row.
(d) Interviews his captains and officers.

5. Who is Dr. McAdam?
(a) Aubrey's surgeon.
(b) Maturin's mentor.
(c) Clonfert's personal physician and ship's surgeon.
(d) Corbett's personal physician and ship's surgeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Bertie entrust Aubrey?

2. Who is Colonel Keating?

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

4. What imaginary line does Aubrey cross on his way to Mauritius?

5. What is Napoleon trying to conquer?

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