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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 happens to two English frigates?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They run aground.
(c) They are sunk by the French.
(d) They accidentally ram each other.

2. What does Pym have several English ships do?
(a) Go into the harbor to destroy the French.
(b) Wait for Aubrey.
(c) Go around to the other side of the island.
(d) Go for more ships.

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

4. What does Clonfert claim?
(a) He must run for the open sea.
(b) He has captured the French ships.
(c) He has the French on the run.
(d) He has the French bottled up.

5. With which captain does Maturin get a berth?
(a) Corbett.
(b) Bonden.
(c) Clonfert.
(d) Lambert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the items that arrived in Cape Town damaged?

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

3. What is one interest in mental health Maturin has?

4. What does Clonfert do when he hears of Pym?

5. What do Aubrey's forces and British land forces do on La Reunion?

(see the answer key)

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