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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. Who is Colonel Keating?
(a) Executive officer of the British marines.
(b) The British governor of Cape Town.
(c) Head of the British calvery.
(d) The infantry commander.

2. What does Aubrey use his station of commodore to do?
(a) To fire Corbett.
(b) To request Bonden and Killick, his personal coxswain and steward, be reassigned to his crew.
(c) To order fine wines.
(d) To have his wife on board.

3. How does Aubrey find life at home?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Uninteresting and boring.
(c) Fun.
(d) Restful.

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

5. In what capacity does Stephen Maturin work for the crown?
(a) As a covert intelligence agent.
(b) As a clergyman.
(c) As a soldier.
(d) As a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey learn?

2. Who is Dr. McAdam?

3. How does Aubrey feel about Mr. Farquhar?

4. What kind of relationship develops between Aubrey and Colonel Keating?

5. Who will crew the two captured French ships?

(see the answer key)

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