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

2. What topic do Aubrey and others at times discuss humorously?
(a) Rabies.
(b) The monkeys on the island.
(c) The French uniform.
(d) The French pompadour.

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

4. What is Aubrey intending to do?
(a) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on Tahiti.
(b) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on the Eastern coast of Africa.
(c) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on Easter Island.
(d) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on Norfolk Island.

5. About what does Aubrey fume?
(a) The time it's taking to get to their next assignment.
(b) That the French have been patrolling heavily on their route.
(c) That Clarissa seems to be intent on seducing Aubrey.
(d) The poor showing of his officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Clarissa sent to live with a guardian?

2. What does the crew catch?

3. What does Maturin continue to write about Clarissa?

4. What does Reade do?

5. What sort of reception does the Surprise receive?

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