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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why had Padeen been at a penal colony?
(a) As the warden.
(b) As a guard.
(c) For serious crimes he committed.
(d) As the cook.

2. How is the dinner conversation?
(a) Strained and stilted.
(b) Crude.
(c) Ambiguous.
(d) Lively.

3. Why can they not visit the island that Maturin had hoped to see?
(a) The natives do not allow it.
(b) There is a hostile takeover by the French there.
(c) The wind is not good.
(d) Narration does not say why.

4. What British interests or laws are being threatened?
(a) Fur-trading.
(b) The rum import tariff.
(c) The slave trade act of 1807.
(d) The monopoly on coffee.

5. What sort of reception does the Surprise receive?
(a) Mixed.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Wildly enthusiastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does Maturin become involved?

2. Who are two people Maturin and Clarissa talk about?

3. Why is the aid station Maturin sets up unnecessary?

4. What is Aubrey doing as he is standing on the quarterdeck?

5. Who does not appear at breakfast for several days?

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