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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the sailors call a dugong?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A mermaid.
(c) A sea serpent.
(d) A merman.

2. What happens to Magicienne and Sirius?
(a) They are burned.
(b) They are captured.
(c) They return to Cape Town.
(d) Nothing.

3. How much laudanum does Maturin use?
(a) Excessive proportions.
(b) An average amount for an addict.
(c) He doesn't use laudanum.
(d) A minimal amount.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which island is garrisoned by the British?

2. Where did Pym do his raid?

3. How does Aubrey feel about Mr. Farquhar?

4. What has Maturin's propaganda done to the locals?

5. What have the French been doing on the ocean that is a problem?

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