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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maturin try to teach Jagiello?
(a) How to overcome his bad looks.
(b) About life at sea.
(c) How to use a prothesis that Maturin makes for him.
(d) Nothing; Jagiello is just a character in a book.

2. 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) They may be pirates falsely flying legitimate colours.
(c) That the American Naval intelligence is behind the pursuit.
(d) That Harry Johnson is funding the effort.

3. How does Maturin respond to attempts by Frenchman to use him as a courier?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Intriqued.
(d) Disinterested.

4. Why do Smith and Aubrey leave the ball?
(a) For Aubrey to show her how to use the stars for navigation.
(b) To tour Smith's father's greenhouses.
(c) To search for a secluded spot.
(d) To look at Smith's new horse.

5. What is Harry Johnson's financial situation?
(a) He is almost penniless having spent his fortune funding the revolutionary war.
(b) He is penniless but is hoping for an investment in a slaver vessel to turn that around.
(c) He is extremely wealthy.
(d) His financial status is not mentioned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the forces at Grimsholm?

2. What impresses Smith about Aubrey?

3. How is Aubrey further slandered?

4. With whom do the men rendezvous?

5. What happens as Aubrey is trying to get the Ariel away from The Thatcher?

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