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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 do Aubrey and the scout seem to have?
(a) A good friendship.
(b) A private understanding.
(c) Similar ways of doing things.
(d) A barely-concealed animosity.

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

3. What port do they depart at the opening of the story?
(a) Luxumborg.
(b) Port au Prince.
(c) Haifa.
(d) Port Jackson.

4. What does Maturin start having about Clarissa?
(a) Misgivings.
(b) Erotic dreams.
(c) Premonitions.
(d) Concerns about her health.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Maturin and Aubrey agree on about Clarissa?

2. Where is Clarissa Oakes?

3. What does Aubrey inspect with Tom?

4. What does Martin accept from Maturin?

5. Who performs the marriage ceremony between Oakes and Clarissa?

(see the answer key)

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