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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 they find when they enter the harbor?
(a) The Cornélie about to raise anchor.
(b) The Cornélie is already a burning wreckage.
(c) No Cornélie.
(d) The Cornélie anchored in shallow water.

2. With whom does Aubrey share his thoughts?
(a) Maturin.
(b) Miller.
(c) Killick.
(d) Oakes.

3. How does Aubrey modify the Nutmeg of Consolation?
(a) He increases its fire power.
(b) To make it look sloppy and unkempt.
(c) He makes it appear to be a pirate vessel.
(d) He makes it able to float even if several compartments below deck are filled.

4. Who is presumed lost at sea?
(a) Cornelius.
(b) Fox.
(c) Maturin.
(d) Sexton.

5. Why has a Dutch-built ship sunk?
(a) It was in a fire fight with an English man-o-war.
(b) It hit a reef.
(c) It carried the plague.
(d) It was too old for the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey do to Miller and Oakes?

2. What does Maturin discover in the hold of the ship?

3. What type of armament does the Cornélie possess?

4. To where does Aubrey and Maturin remove?

5. What does Aubrey contemplate as they near the place they expect to encounter the French?

(see the answer key)

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