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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Maturin when the coca leaves are all gone?
(a) He suffers withdrawal.
(b) He has no means of medicating crew injuries and he's mad.
(c) He is relieved.
(d) He decides to brew some gin.

2. Where did the letter originate?
(a) England.
(b) The West Indies.
(c) Zanzibar.
(d) Boston.

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

4. What does Maturin pay the man who helps Maturin?
(a) Enough money for his private endeavor.
(b) With information.
(c) He deeds a little ranch inland to him.
(d) With a few head of cattle.

5. What are his carpenters and seamen begun building?
(a) A new hull to patch the ship.
(b) Huts for shelter.
(c) A schooner.
(d) A way to haul the ship up off the ocean floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maturin react to the news?

2. What does Maturin want to do about the Cornélie?

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

4. What effect does the method Aubrey uses to arm his ship have?

5. For whom does Aubrey host a dinner?

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