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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Maturin doing in America recently?
(a) He was spying.
(b) He was a nominal prisoner.
(c) He was courting Villiers.
(d) He was helping Aubrey escape.

2. What is Maturin doing on shore?
(a) Having a quiet moment with Villiers.
(b) Finding a minister to marry him and Villiers.
(c) Trying to sleep.
(d) Attending the wounded.

3. Who is Beck?
(a) The owner of the Inn where Maturin is staying.
(b) The man who brought Maturin a rare plant specimen.
(c) A local intelligence officer.
(d) Another doctor who teaches at the medical college.

4. What does Maturin ask Villiers?
(a) To marry him.
(b) To take a letter to a colleague in Brazil.
(c) To take a letter to a colleague in England.
(d) To keep quiet about his activities in America.

5. In what type of work has Maturin been recently engaged?
(a) Teaching at the medical school.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Collecting specimens.
(d) Writing a novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is spreading like wildfire in the town where Shannon is docking?

2. From where have Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers just escaped?

3. What does Aubrey fear?

4. What ship are Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers aboard?

5. Who is pursuing Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers?

(see the answer key)

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