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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the approximate date at the opening of the novel?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1813.

2. What does Aubrey find below decks?
(a) A huge nest of rats.
(b) A dead crew member.
(c) A keg of contraband whiskey.
(d) Clarissa.

3. What port do they depart at the opening of the story?
(a) Port au Prince.
(b) Port Jackson.
(c) Luxumborg.
(d) Haifa.

4. Where is Aubrey's vessel headed now?
(a) The West Indies.
(b) England.
(c) The coast of France.
(d) Africa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Clarissa Oakes?

2. What does Maturin hope to do some day?

3. What does Aubrey think about life at sea compared to that on land?

4. What does Aubrey anticipate when he goes back to England?

5. Who is Tom Pullings?

(see the answer key)

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