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

2. Which vessel is the flagship of the squadron?
(a) Nereide.
(b) Leopard.
(c) Boadicea.
(d) Raisonable.

3. What kind of ship is the Néréide?
(a) A battle cruiser.
(b) A thirty-six gun frigate.
(c) A forty-eight gun Longship.
(d) A sloop.

4. Who has been captured?
(a) Several additional Indiamen.
(b) Admiral Nelson.
(c) Captain Bligh.
(d) Maturin.

5. How did Lady Clonfert find out about Aubrey's command?
(a) Her husband is an admiral.
(b) The rumor mill.
(c) She is a friend of the Prime Minister.
(d) Her father is Captain of another ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of Clonfert's ship?

2. Where is Captain Aubrey's home?

3. On what island does Maturin first land?

4. What does Aubrey do with the ship as it sails towards Cape Town?

5. What does Aubrey learn?

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