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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why can they not visit the island that Maturin had hoped to see?
(a) Narration does not say why.
(b) The natives do not allow it.
(c) The wind is not good.
(d) There is a hostile takeover by the French there.

3. What British interests or laws are being threatened?
(a) The slave trade act of 1807.
(b) Fur-trading.
(c) The rum import tariff.
(d) The monopoly on coffee.

4. What color is the bolt of silk which Aubrey has?
(a) Pale blue.
(b) Scarlet.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

5. How does Aubrey react to his discovery?
(a) Nonplussed.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Indignant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Clarissa Oakes?

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

3. What vessel are Aubrey and Maturin sailing?

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

5. What does Aubrey note among the crew?

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