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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. Why is Maturin concerned about his wife?
(a) Because her brother is trying to take her money.
(b) Because she is pregnant.
(c) Because she is very ill.
(d) Because his fortune is lost.

2. About what does Maturin brood?
(a) About his wife is in ill health.
(b) Being poor.
(c) That he cannot search the nearby islands for new specimens.
(d) About his son's recent bout with malaria.

3. Who is presumed lost at sea?
(a) Fox.
(b) Cornelius.
(c) Sexton.
(d) Maturin.

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

5. To whom does Maturin deliver the treaty?
(a) The chief of the Dyaks.
(b) The Governor of Tahiti.
(c) The Admiral of the Eastern fleet.
(d) The Governor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is inspecting the articles in the camp?

2. What is critical after the attack?

3. Who does Aubrey's ship transport?

4. What does Fox leave with his clerk?

5. How far do they figure they will have to sail to find assistance?

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