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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. What does Aubrey think about life at sea compared to that on land?
(a) It is more exciting.
(b) Being at sea he is his own boss.
(c) It is more complicated.
(d) It is simpler.

2. Where does the Surprise put in?
(a) Easter Island.
(b) Java.
(c) Annamooka.
(d) Tahiti.

3. What does Aubrey demand from the men?
(a) Extra hours.
(b) Unswerving loyalty.
(c) To live on reduced rations.
(d) Constant and excellent performance.

4. Who is Clarissa Oakes?
(a) The daughter of the Egyptian consulate.
(b) Aubrey's sister-in-law.
(c) A stowaway.
(d) The wife of Maturin's cousin.

5. For what does the Surprise ready?
(a) An encounter with a French war brig.
(b) An encounter with a hurricane.
(c) An encounter with the 2nd Naval Fleet under Admiral Leighton.
(d) Its first at-sea inspection by the captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the French sent overland?

2. What does Maturin start having about Clarissa?

3. Why has Martin avoided Clarissa?

4. Where has one of the patients that Maturin is examining been?

5. What does Clarissa think of Annamooka?

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