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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ship has Aubrey been given to command?
(a) The sloop Nadine.
(b) The frigate Boadicea.
(c) The firgate Venus.
(d) The longship Victoria.

2. Why does Matuin tell Aubrey he has to go to Mauritius?
(a) They are going to cross the channel.
(b) The French have put a strong naval force there.
(c) They are going to Russia.
(d) They are withdrawing from Italy.

3. What is bothering Aubrey's family?
(a) Stress and penury.
(b) Maturin's visit.
(c) The war.
(d) Aubrey's inventions being stolen.

4. In what year does this book take place?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1797.
(d) 1810.

5. What imaginary line does Aubrey cross on his way to Mauritius?
(a) The line of demarcation.
(b) The equator.
(c) The north-south transit line.
(d) The South Pole meridian.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would Aubrey describe his wife's mother?

2. What are the gardens like around Aubrey's home?

3. What does Lady Clonfert request of Aubrey?

4. Where does Aubrey send the two captured French ships?

5. For what is Stephen Maturin most known?

(see the answer key)

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