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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. 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.

2. About what do men comment concerning Villiers?
(a) Her sad countenance.
(b) Her exceptional beauty.
(c) Her tendency to flitter about.
(d) Her reluctance to engage in social conversation.

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

4. Who does Maturin learn has drowned?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Ponsich.

5. Who calls upon Aubrey shortly after he arrives home?
(a) Representatives of Kimber.
(b) Aubrey's lawyer.
(c) Aubrey's mother.
(d) Kimber.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scares Smith as she and Aubrey walk outside?

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

3. What does Aubrey refuse to do?

4. What does Maturin ask Villiers?

5. To whom does Maturin make his report?

(see the answer key)

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