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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 Reade do?
(a) Falls and lands on a marlinspike.
(b) Falls off the flying bridge.
(c) Falls off the topsail rigging.
(d) Falls overboard.

2. To what is Clarissa's sentence of death commuted?
(a) Transportation.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) A pardon when her innocence is proven.

3. What does Clarissa elicit from the men?
(a) Stories of sea experiences.
(b) Hostile comments.
(c) The promise that they will protect her with their lives.
(d) A promise to be joint godfather to her and Oakes' child.

4. Who is pursuing the Surprise?
(a) A British cutter.
(b) An American man-of-war.
(c) An American privateer.
(d) A French man-of-war.

5. What is closed?
(a) Easter Island.
(b) Norfolk Island.
(c) The eastern African shore.
(d) Tahiti.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon whose behalf do Maturin and Aubrey think they must intervene?

2. How does narration characterize the wedding dinner?

3. To what does Edward's problem eventually lead?

4. What island does Maturin hope to visit?

5. What is Maturin excited to learn?

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