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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey note among the crew?
(a) Despondency.
(b) Hostility.
(c) Much merriment and amusement.
(d) Confusion.

2. What angers Aubrey about Padeen Coleman?
(a) That he challenges Aubrey on a matter of seamanship.
(b) That he chose to stay at their last port.
(c) That he is aboard the vessel.
(d) That he brought liquor on board the ship.

3. Who smuggles Clarissa on board?
(a) Maturin.
(b) Midshipman William Oakes.
(c) Tom Pullings.
(d) No one knows.

4. How does Aubrey react to his discovery?
(a) Indignant.
(b) Nonplussed.
(c) Confused.
(d) Angry.

5. To what does the man admit?
(a) Unofficially knowing of the presence of what Aubrey found below decks.
(b) Having smuggled the contraband aboard himself.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Having turned an eye while the men were rolling the whiskey on board.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey inspect with Tom?

2. What is threatening British interests in the area where they are headed?

3. What class is the vessel?

4. What is Maturin's position on board?

5. With whom does Aubrey confer in Aubrey's cabin?

(see the answer key)

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