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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the head of Pulo Prabang called?
(a) A chief.
(b) A sultan.
(c) A king.
(d) A captain.

2. What does Aubrey do daily concerning the ocean's waters?
(a) Charting the various color zones.
(b) Taking daily temperature readings.
(c) Taking daily saline readings.
(d) Charting the currents.

3. What has caused the riot in Pulo Prabang that is happening when Maturin returns from the monastery?
(a) The Sultan's wife has caught the Sultan's catamite with Ledward and Wray.
(b) The Sultan's oldest son was kidnapped.
(c) The Sultan's wife lost her baby.
(d) The Sultan's wife was kidnapped.

4. What does Maturin contemplate doing so Surprise can't catch the ship from question #32?
(a) Induce a temporary illness in the crew.
(b) Rip a mainsail.
(c) Talk to Aubrey.
(d) Throw off the compass with a magnet.

5. What have the midshipmen been doing with their journals on spherical trigonometry?
(a) Tearing out the sheets.
(b) Throwning sheets of it overboard.
(c) Burning some of its sheets.
(d) Copying each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin tell Aubrey about the riot?

2. What does Dumesnil tell Aubrey about the Cornelie?

3. Why is the Inaccessible Island given that name?

4. When does Surprise catch the ship in question #32?

5. Where does Diane head after leaving Pulo Prabang?

(see the answer key)

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