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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maturin play up?
(a) A minor injury that Aubrey suffers.
(b) A minor injury that he suffers.
(c) A minor injury on a child.
(d) The wonder of birds' nest soup.

2. What do the attackers do as they retreat?
(a) Burn the schooner.
(b) Kill their wounded.
(c) Drag several sailors with them.
(d) Bow to the English sailors.

3. To where does Kesegaran agree to carry a message?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Batavia.
(d) Tahiti.

4. What does Aubrey admire about the Captain of the Marines?
(a) His efficiency and devotion to duty.
(b) His droll sense of humor.
(c) His physique.
(d) His ability at whist.

5. Where is Aubrey when Maturin awakes from his illness?
(a) At the construction site.
(b) Investigating a shipwreck on the other side of the island.
(c) Swimmingl.
(d) In a fevered coma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are his carpenters and seamen begun building?

2. What do the men do for entertainment?

3. Who organizes the shipwrecked men's camp?

4. Why does Maturin collapse?

5. How does Maturin spend the next few days after collapsing?

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