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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country does Port Jackson lie?
(a) The Ottoman Empire.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Australia.
(d) Mozambique.

2. What does Aubrey anticipate when he goes back to England?
(a) The birth of his first son.
(b) Finding that his investments have soared.
(c) Learning if his father, who was critically ill, has died.
(d) Posting on a much larger vessel than the one he is currently on.

3. Who insults Maturin one evening?
(a) Pullings.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) Davidge.
(d) Clarissa.

4. What do Maturin and Aubrey agree on about Clarissa?
(a) She is rather quiet.
(b) She is rather coarse.
(c) She is no great beauty.
(d) She is strikingly beautiful.

5. What does Aubrey host as the Surprise heads for its new assignment?
(a) Dinner for the officers aboard the vessel that delivers the new orders.
(b) A rig climbing contest.
(c) A wedding dinner.
(d) A sword fighting contest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Surprise ordered?

2. What vessel are Aubrey and Maturin sailing?

3. Where has the other patient which Maturin is examining been?

4. What does Surprise cross at the opening to Chapter 3?

5. Who owns the vessel?

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