2. Though Maturin's watch is less than desirable for navigating, what is it good for?
(a) Providing a ticking noise for going to sleep by.
(b) Taking a pulse.
(c) Knowing when to go to the mess for food.
(d) Nothing else.

3. Who joins Aubrey in chasing the Minnie?
(a) The Shannon.
(b) The Java.
(c) The Blarney.
(d) The Humbug.

4. Who is known to be enroute to Grimsholm?
(a) The Duke of Wellington.
(b) French officers.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Admiral Lord Nelson.

5. Who is Jagiello?
(a) A young officer of the Swedish service.
(b) A pirate for whom Ariel has hired for advising.
(c) A character in a Shakespeare play that Maturin is reading.
(d) One of the sailmen.

6. What do Maturin and Jagiello do one foggy morning?
(a) Jump overboard to save someone who fell off the flying bridge.
(b) Practice their swordplay.
(c) Practice hand-to-hand combat.
(d) Go aloft.

7. What does Maturin suggest?
(a) That the Ariel pretend to chase the Minnie into the harbor at Grimsholm.
(b) That Aubrey dress as a pirate when sailing the Minnie.
(c) That Aubrey dress as a Dutch officer while sailing the Minnie.
(d) That Jiegello assume command of the Minnie.

8. What is the approximate crew capacity of the Ariel?
(a) About 112-120 men.
(b) About 25-40.
(c) About 270-300.
(d) About 50-75.

9. Where is Ariel headed?
(a) Cape Horn.
(b) The Atlantic Ocean.
(c) The Rock of Gibraltar.
(d) The Baltic Sea.

10. What do the Ariel and Humbug do cooperatively?
(a) Install a new mail sail on the Minnie.
(b) Capture the Minnie and straigten out her sails.
(c) Heave the Minnie off the mud flat.
(d) Repairs the hole in Minnie's hull from the underground reef.

11. Who is Pelloworm?
(a) The Baltic pilot.
(b) Second in command of the Catalan troops.
(c) The bosun on one of the merchant vessels.
(d) The sailor in the crow's nest who sights a French frigate.

12. How is Aubrey further slandered?
(a) Grant claims Aubrey collaborated with the Americans while in Boston.
(b) Amanda Smith shows up in England and confronts Aubrey's wife.
(c) Amanda Smith writes and claims she is pregnant by him.
(d) Grant claims Aubrey did not sink Waakzaamheid, a Dutch ship-of-war, but a nondescript transport.

13. Who does Maturin greet?
(a) His godfather's son.
(b) His godfather.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His godfather's daughter.

14. What is held after meeting up with the fleet?
(a) A celebration for the end of the War of 1812.
(b) A fest held for the native Gibraltons.
(c) More political discussions and planning sessions.
(d) A celebration for the capture of the USS Constitution.

15. With whom do the transports rendezvous?
(a) A commercial fleet.
(b) No one.
(c) Several prisoner transports.
(d) A group of French civilians.