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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clarissa do?
(a) It is not stated.
(b) Stays on the Surprise,
(c) Goes with Oakes on the Trulove.
(d) Stays on Moahu.

2. What does Aubrey realize about his crew?
(a) That they do not seem to enjoy the sailing as much as usual.
(b) That they hav begun to slip in their duties.
(c) That they are still in a giddy mood.
(d) That something is seriously amiss.

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

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

5. Why does Clarissa secure a good position when she is put on the streets after Edward's death?
(a) She is experienced.
(b) She has a lot of nice clothes.
(c) She is well educated.
(d) She is a real beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Dutourd characterized?

2. In what is the crew of the Surprise to intervene?

3. What does Aubrey think about life at sea compared to that on land?

4. What does Maturin start having about Clarissa?

5. What does Aubrey watch with much interest?

(see the answer key)

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