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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the convoy of which the Ariel is part traveling at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) The Straits of Gibralter.
(b) The Baltic straits.
(c) The Canaberra Sea.
(d) The Ionic Sea.

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

3. What do Villiers and Maturin deduce about the pursuit by the two schooners?
(a) That Harry Johnson is on board one of the vessels.
(b) That the American Naval intelligence is behind the pursuit.
(c) That Harry Johnson is funding the effort.
(d) They may be pirates falsely flying legitimate colours.

4. What can prevent a ship from determining its longitude?
(a) A broken chronometer.
(b) A broken gyrocompass.
(c) Cloudy skies.
(d) A broken sextant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does Hyde suffer?

2. What does Maturin intend to do in Paris?

3. What is the town celebrating?

4. What is the Diligence?

5. What does Maturin think would happen to an unfamiliar warship approaching Grimsholm?

(see the answer key)

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