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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Cornélie as the ships exchange gun fire?
(a) It increases speed.
(b) It drops back.
(c) It sustains hull damage.
(d) It brings out a new, longrange gun.

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

3. What does Maturin want to do about the Cornélie?
(a) Pursue and destroy it.
(b) Make an agreement with the captain of it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Change its name to something that sounds less French.

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

5. What does the Captain of Marines have his men construct?
(a) A system of pipes to bring fresh water to the camp.
(b) Defensive breastworks around the camp.
(c) A gallows for several mutineers.
(d) A means of desalting the sea water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aubrey's ship transport?

2. What must Aubrey do to ensure an English victory?

3. Why does Maturin collapse?

4. Who does Maturin encounter that he knows on the trip on the junk?

5. What does the Cornélie's captain realize?

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