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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has one of the patients that Maturin is examining been?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) Norfolk Island.
(d) Tibet.

2. What does Maturin hope to do some day?
(a) Visit both places his patients have been.
(b) Study the fauna at the Galapagos.
(c) Have a large enough vessel to sail around the world.
(d) Find a native wife at one of the tropical islands.

3. What is Aubrey doing as he is standing on the quarterdeck?
(a) Talking to the officer accused of cheating.
(b) Contemplating the previous weeks' events.
(c) Talking to Maturin about what they will do when they reach the West Indies.
(d) Watching a punishment of 20 lashes being carried out.

4. What does Aubrey encounter in their first port of call?
(a) Political difficulties.
(b) A gun runner's ring.
(c) A revolt by a penal colony.
(d) A rum runner's ring.

5. In what does Maturin become involved?
(a) A dispute of honor.
(b) A dispute about medical treatment.
(c) A study of the local flora and fauna.
(d) An epidemic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aubrey intending to do?

2. What does Aubrey realize?

3. What is the approximate date at the opening of the novel?

4. Where has the other patient which Maturin is examining been?

5. In what country does Port Jackson lie?

(see the answer key)

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