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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vessel are Aubrey and Maturin sailing?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Shannon.
(c) Java.
(d) Leopold.

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

3. What is threatening British interests in the area where they are headed?
(a) Dutch influence.
(b) American influence.
(c) French influence.
(d) German influence.

4. What is causing contention among the ship's officers?
(a) How the prize money is being divided.
(b) Clarissa.
(c) One of them has accused another of cheating at dice.
(d) One of them has accused another of cheating at cards.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey encounter in their first port of call?

2. For what does the Surprise ready?

3. What is Maturin's position on board?

4. How does Aubrey find the Surprise?

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

(see the answer key)

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