2. With what is Clonfert well acquainted?
(a) Decorating his stateroom.
(b) The shores and locales of the islands.
(c) Fighting pirates.
(d) Military protocal.

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

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

5. What does Aubrey insinuate about Lord Clonfert?
(a) He is only a minor nobility.
(b) He's only captain cause he's a Lord.
(c) He's a French sympathizer.
(d) Various bizarre stories about him circulate.

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

7. What two ships does Aubrey capture the first few days of his voyage?
(a) Hébé and Intrepid Fox.
(b) Néréide and Sirius.
(c) Vénus adn Manche.
(d) Bellone, and Caroline.

8. Who is feuding?
(a) Clonfert and Corbett.
(b) Corbett and Maturin.
(c) Maturin and Klicknell.
(d) Clonfert and Maturin.

9. What are the gardens like around Aubrey's home?
(a) Failing.
(b) Average.
(c) There are no gardens.
(d) Lush.

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

11. How did Lady Clonfert find out about Aubrey's command?
(a) She is a friend of the Prime Minister.
(b) Her husband is an admiral.
(c) The rumor mill.
(d) Her father is Captain of another ship.

12. Who will crew the two captured French ships?
(a) The French under vow of honor.
(b) The prize crew which are the youngest men on the ship.
(c) Unfit elements from his crew.
(d) The French supervised by two of his trusted officers.

13. For what use does Aubrey grind lenses?
(a) For binoculars.
(b) For magnifying glasses.
(c) For telescopes.
(d) For eye glasses.

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

15. With whom will Matuin be traveling to Mauritius?
(a) Mr. Dabney.
(b) Mr. Coleman.
(c) Mr. Farquhar.
(d) Lord Byrity.