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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would Aubrey describe his wife's mother?
(a) Sweet but not very bright.
(b) Quiet and unassuming.
(c) A gentle soul.
(d) A loudmouthed and overbearing woman.

2. How are the men on the Néréide responding to their Captain?
(a) Agressively.
(b) Near mutiny.
(c) Enthusiastically.
(d) Indifferently.

3. What does Bertie give Captain Aubrey?
(a) Several official honors.
(b) A reprimand.
(c) A new command.
(d) A new stripe.

4. When was Corbett killed?
(a) During the opening moments of battle.
(b) Just before Aubrey arrived.
(c) While he was sleeping.
(d) While sailing from Cape Town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the sailors call a dugong?

2. Who led Corbett's ship in the battle?

3. What has happened to Napoleon and his relationship to the Catholic Church?

4. In what type of home does Captain Aubrey live?

5. Who cares for Maturin medically?

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