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

2. What effect does the method Aubrey uses to arm his ship have?
(a) It enables more men in the rigging to pick off boarding parties.
(b) It covers both short and long-range possibilites.
(c) It makes the ship lighter and therefore faster.
(d) It has a heavy punch up close but no long-range accuracy.

3. What are the two girls eventually named?
(a) Emily and Sarah.
(b) Sarah and Susan.
(c) Susan and Emily.
(d) Mary and Martha.

4. Who is Lieutenant Jean-Pierrre Dumesnil?
(a) A double agent and friend of Maturin.
(b) An acquaintance of Aubrey's.
(c) The commander of the French man-o-war.
(d) The commander of the Triton.

5. How had Fox behaved?
(a) Knowledgeable.
(b) Intrepid.
(c) Increasingly irrational and haughty.
(d) Friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What port does the Surprise reach?

2. What does Raffles' wife ask of Aubrey?

3. When must Aubrey reach his destination?

4. For what is Grimshaw and Killick known?

5. What does Maturin diagnose?

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