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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 infuriates Aubrey about the problems Davidge and West have?
(a) That they both are late getting back to the Surprise.
(b) That they should not have tried to repair the main mast with no experience at such things.
(c) That they both ignore instructions.
(d) That the two men let them personal lives interfere with their professional lives.

2. Where does the Surprise put in?
(a) Tahiti.
(b) Easter Island.
(c) Annamooka.
(d) Java.

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

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

5. What is the focal point of the French power at Moahu?
(a) A garrison of the French Foreign Legion.
(b) About a hundred natives.
(c) The Franklin.
(d) A fort overlooking the main bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Aubrey and the crew do every morning?

2. Who smuggles Clarissa on board?

3. Where has one of the patients that Maturin is examining been?

4. Who drinks himself under the table?

5. What does Aubrey do before breakfast?

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