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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. When must Aubrey reach his destination?
(a) Before daybreak.
(b) By midnight.
(c) Within the first couple hours of darkness.
(d) Before Cornélie enters the passage.

2. Who receives the commission for the HMS Nutmeg of Consolation?
(a) Aubrey.
(b) Brown.
(c) Pullings.
(d) Fox.

3. What happens to Maturin when the coca leaves are all gone?
(a) He decides to brew some gin.
(b) He is relieved.
(c) He suffers withdrawal.
(d) He has no means of medicating crew injuries and he's mad.

4. After whom is Aubrey's new ship named?
(a) A spice his wife loves.
(b) The Sultan of Pulo Prabang.
(c) A horse he once owned.
(d) No one.

5. What does Aubrey signal Pullings to do?
(a) Await the Shannon's help.
(b) Turn and pursue Cornélie.
(c) Fix the rudder pin.
(d) Signal Cornélie for their surrender.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they find when they enter the harbor?

2. What does Maturin diagnose?

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

4. To whom does Maturin give bribes?

5. What does the crew think is rather odd?

(see the answer key)

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