2. What does Maturin see the cup-bearer doing during the dinner?
(a) Looking at Ledward knowingly.
(b) Watching Aubrey.
(c) Staring at Fox.
(d) Slipping Wray quick touches.

3. Where is the Buddhist monastery Maturin visits?
(a) Yupalo.
(b) Lapai.
(c) Napoli.
(d) Kumai.

4. What does Maturin see as the reason for the Sultan's hesitancy towards the English?
(a) The Sultan's wife is sleeping with Wray.
(b) Ledward's influence over the cup-bearer.
(c) The Sultan's wife despises Fox.
(d) The Sultan is interested in one of the French delegation members.

5. What two bodies does Maturin bring to Van Buren?
(a) Ledward and Wray.
(b) Two crew members from the Diane.
(c) The Sultan's son and brother.
(d) Two prostitutes.

6. How does Aubrey find the group of diplomats?
(a) Irritating in an ambiguous way.
(b) Ignorant but enthusiastic.
(c) Willing to learn about the ship.
(d) Interesting.

7. What type of network does Van Buren have?
(a) Extensive number of contacts.
(b) He only knows people in science.
(c) He just moved there and knows no one.
(d) He knows a few people.

8. What type of port, politically, is Pulo Prabang?
(a) Neutral.
(b) Aligned with Russia.
(c) Aligned with South America.
(d) Neutral but loosely associated with Egypt.

9. For what is Van Buren widely esteemed?
(a) As a preeminent surgeon.
(b) As a diplomat.
(c) As a firey orator.
(d) As a natural philosopher.

10. What does Fox quote to Maturin one night?
(a) The Bible.
(b) A line of poetry.
(c) The lines of the treaty.
(d) Ship's regulations.

11. Who greets the arrival of Fox enthusiastically at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Commander Porter.
(b) Governor Raffles.
(c) Admiral Hinesby.
(d) Governor Matterhorn.

12. What charts does Aubrey hope to improve?
(a) Those produced by Alexander von Humboldt.
(b) Those given to him by the Admirality.
(c) Those drawn up by the East Indies Trade Company.
(d) Those he obtained from the Hudson Bay Company.

13. What is the trail to the monastery called by the locals?
(a) The ladder of enlightenment.
(b) The 1,000 steps.
(c) The stairs to heaven.
(d) The path of the soul.

14. How much variation is there on the Diane as the sailing days continue?
(a) Each man's routine changed every six hours.
(b) The routine is different everyday.
(c) There was days of no variation with different days between.
(d) Little variation.

15. How does Aubrey feel about the crew of the Diane?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Very pleased.
(c) Dismayed.
(d) Satisfied.