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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where have Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers just escaped?
(a) Brazil.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Boston.
(d) An uprising in the West Indies.

2. How does Aubrey find his home?
(a) Completely deserted.
(b) Nearly vacant.
(c) Bustling in anticipation of his return.
(d) Not burned as an earlier report said.

3. What forces are garrisoning at Grimsholm?
(a) Prussian.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) Catalan.

4. In what recent battle does Aubrey participate as a combatant?
(a) Aubrey has not been in a battle recently.
(b) The battle between the USS Constitution and the HMS Shannon.
(c) The battle between the USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon.
(d) A battle in Washington between Johnson's spies and Maturin.

5. What surprises Captain Dalgliesh?
(a) That the two schooners break off so quickly.
(b) That one of the schooners is not flying American colours.
(c) That the two American schooners are so persistently following them.
(d) That the two schooners fall behind so quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Villiers' appearance at the ball?

2. What does Maturin realize about Villiers?

3. Who gave Villiers the diamond necklace?

4. What does Villiers confide to Maturin?

5. About what does Aubrey muse during his and Sophie's reunion?

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