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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the vessel?
(a) Maturin.
(b) The Dutch government.
(c) The English naval department.
(d) Aubrey.

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

3. What does Aubrey think about life at sea compared to that on land?
(a) It is more exciting.
(b) It is more complicated.
(c) It is simpler.
(d) Being at sea he is his own boss.

4. What is Aubrey intending to do?
(a) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on Norfolk Island.
(b) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on Easter Island.
(c) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on Tahiti.
(d) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on the Eastern coast of Africa.

5. Who is Tom Pullings?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The cook.
(c) The first mate.
(d) The botswain's mate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What class is the vessel?

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

4. Where has one of the patients that Maturin is examining been?

5. What vessel are Aubrey and Maturin sailing?

(see the answer key)

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