View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Aubrey some discomfort?
(a) A letter from his wife written before she takes ill.
(b) Maturin may stay at this port for a few months.
(c) Villiers is flirtatious.
(d) Smith is agressively pursuing him.

2. What happens to the original communiqué Broke writes about the Shannon's encounter?
(a) It is given into Maturin's keeping.
(b) It is given into Aubrey's keeping.
(c) It is kept for the next frigate that docks.
(d) It is sent on a fast packet to England.

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

4. Who gave Villiers the diamond necklace?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Villiers' deceased husband.
(c) Maturin.
(d) Villiers's deceased fiance.

5. What does Maturin buy Villiers?
(a) Passage back to Brazil.
(b) A pearl necklace.
(c) An expensive gown.
(d) Passage back to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Diligence?

2. Why do Smith and Aubrey leave the ball?

3. In what type of work has Maturin been recently engaged?

4. Where is the HMS Shannon going?

5. Who is Beck?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 284 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample