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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ship are Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers aboard?
(a) HMS Leopard.
(b) HMS Elizabeth.
(c) HMS Shannon.
(d) HMS Java.

2. What is Aubrey asked to do repeatedly?
(a) Have a flagon of ale on the house.
(b) Show his battle wound.
(c) Recount the battle scene from his perspective.
(d) Introduce Villiers to the crowd.

3. What is notable about Harry Johnson?
(a) He is a civilian engaged in intelligence work on his own for the United States.
(b) He works for the underground railroad.
(c) He is distantly related to the King of England.
(d) He is a well-published author on warfare.

4. What news does Kimber write Aubrey?
(a) Kimber has exhausted Aubrey's funds with little to show for it.
(b) Aubrey's home burns to the ground but his wife and children are alive.
(c) Aubrey needs to come home as his wife is dying.
(d) Aubrey's wife has died.

5. What does the town do when the Shannon arrives?
(a) Nothing out of the ordinary.
(b) Asks Aubrey if the war is really over.
(c) Warns it off because the town is quarantined.
(d) Erupts in a tumultuous celebration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin obtain for Villiers?

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

3. What does Maturin ask Villiers?

4. Who is Kimber?

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

(see the answer key)

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