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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most of the British officers then begin to assume?
(a) That they are correct about Aubrey is having an affair with Mrs. Fielding.
(b) That Aubrey will rescue Ponto from his unhappy circumstances.
(c) That they are correct about Maturin is having an affair with Mrs. Fielding.
(d) That Maturin will rescue Mr. Fielding.

2. What does Ponto do at the shop?
(a) Breaks some of the merchandise.
(b) He's an apprentice.
(c) He is buying something.
(d) Harms the owner.

3. What is happening to many of Aubrey's best men?
(a) They are being hired by other Captains.
(b) They are getting into brawls in the taverns and being badly injured.
(c) They are leaving naval service.
(d) They are being promoted to other positions.

4. What secret occupation does Graham have in common with Maturin?
(a) Working as an intelligence agent.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Pathology.
(d) Forensics.

5. Where does the admiral live?
(a) In an apartment overlooking the bay.
(b) On board his private vessel.
(c) In a large country estate.
(d) At the end of a long, dry, dirt road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey do that is indiscreet?

2. Who is Stephen Maturin?

3. About whom does Graham worry?

4. Why does Aubrey order the men to row to an island and back?

5. Over what do Maturin and Aubrey argue concerning the ship?

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