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

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

3. How does narration characterize their mission?
(a) Successful.
(b) An abject failure.
(c) Partly successful, but they fail to fulfill one aspect of the mission.
(d) It has not yet been completed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is causing contention among the ship's officers?

3. Where is Aubrey's vessel headed now?

4. What is Aubrey intending to do?

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

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