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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are two people Maturin and Clarissa talk about?
(a) Maturin's mother and aunt.
(b) Sarah and Emily.
(c) Maturin's grandmother and sister.
(d) Maturin cuts Clarissa off from gossiping about any one.

3. What does Reade speak about as he is losing consciousness?
(a) Wanting the last rites.
(b) Writing his wife.
(c) The crew going in and out of Clarissa's room.
(d) His child who died.

4. Who is Mr. Caley?
(a) A man whom Clarissa marries.
(b) A man Clarissa murders.
(c) Clarissa's uncle.
(d) Clarissa's long lost brother.

5. What arises in Chapter 5?
(a) A storm.
(b) A ship-wide wager.
(c) A serious fight among the crew.
(d) A ship-wide illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Maturin write a coded letter?

2. What is brought on board the Surprise?

3. What topic do Aubrey and others at times discuss humorously?

4. What does Maturin discover when he goes to see Clarissa?

5. What divides the north from the south of the island?

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