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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 is the effect of the aftermath of the attack?
(a) Rage.
(b) Optimism that they can weather anything.
(c) Renewed industry to effect a departure from the island.
(d) Discouragement.

2. Upon what did the ship wreck?
(a) A submerged vessel that wrecked earlier.
(b) Rocks.
(c) An iceberg.
(d) A submerged reef.

3. Why do several new men join the crew?
(a) To help as prize crew.
(b) To get a ride back to England.
(c) To bring the vessel to full strength.
(d) Aubrey does not hire any new men.

4. How does Kesegaran get to the island?
(a) She lives there.
(b) On a French privateer.
(c) The slaver ship she was on wrecks.
(d) In a proa.

5. Who is Fox's clerk?
(a) Pullings.
(b) Stafford.
(c) Edwards.
(d) Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maturin deliver the treaty?

2. Why does Aubrey turn tail and run?

3. Who receives the commission for the HMS Nutmeg of Consolation?

4. What Dutch ship does the Nutmeg of Consolation encounter?

5. What will Aubrey do in the Passage?

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