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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. How long does it take to repulse the attackers?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) Several hours.
(c) A week.
(d) Three days.

2. What does Cornélie do in response to Nutmeg's heading out to sea?
(a) It can't do anything as it is replacing its main mast.
(b) Shoots a couple rounds after them but declines to pursue.
(c) Gathers her boats and men and hoists anchor for pursuit.
(d) It relies upon the man-o-war to give chase.

3. What suddenly lands on the beach?
(a) A vast war canoe.
(b) Pieces of the French privateer.
(c) A whale.
(d) A huge number of jelly fish.

4. Why does Aubrey turn tail and run?
(a) He sees a French man-o-war in port also.
(b) His bluff has failed.
(c) He learns the gunpowder on his ship is wet.
(d) He learns that the Cornélie has more guns than he was told.

5. Where is the unnamed island?
(a) Near Cape Horn.
(b) In the Indian Ocean.
(c) The South China Sea.
(d) In the Atlantic Ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lieutenant Jean-Pierrre Dumesnil?

2. Why do several new men join the crew?

3. What does Maturin do to supplement the food supply?

4. When must Aubrey reach his destination?

5. What does Maturin send to a Chinese junk?

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