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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. Who harpoons the creature?
(a) Cassow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Awkward Davies.
(d) Pullings.

2. In what is the crew of the Surprise to intervene?
(a) Some illegal rum and spice running.
(b) The French blockade of the Straights of Gibraltar.
(c) Some slave trading.
(d) A minor civil war.

3. Who performs the marriage ceremony between Oakes and Clarissa?
(a) Aubrey.
(b) The first mate who happens to also be a preacher.
(c) Maturin.
(d) Reverend Nathaniel Martin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tom Pullings?

2. Who is pursuing the Surprise?

3. What does Aubrey inspect with Tom?

4. What positions do Davidge and West hold on the Surprise?

5. What does Surprise cross at the opening to Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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