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

2. What does Maturin continue to write about Clarissa?
(a) That she is no great beauty.
(b) That she reminds him of his sister.
(c) That she is hiding something.
(d) That he cannot believe she killed someone.

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

4. What is the approximate date at the opening of the novel?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1833.

5. What island does Maturin hope to visit?
(a) Tahiti.
(b) Fuji.
(c) Borneo.
(d) Wahila.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aubrey find the Surprise?

2. Who insults Maturin one evening?

3. What does Aubrey order regarding pursuit?

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

5. To what does the man admit?

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