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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 Aubrey and Maturin share?
(a) An appreciation for the natural sciences.
(b) An appreciation for music.
(c) A hatred of all things Dutch.
(d) A hatred of the Irish.

2. What is the Dromedary?
(a) The ship that Aubrey worked on under Admiral Hartley.
(b) The ship that is part of Aubrey's prize money.
(c) A tavern on the each of the desert.
(d) The ship which brings Maturin his new purchase.

3. Who is Dr. Graham?
(a) A French spy.
(b) Maturin's colleague and a surgeon.
(c) The governor of Malta's private physician.
(d) A professor studying ancient history on Malta.

4. What does Aubrey send his wife?
(a) A large sum of money.
(b) A writ of divorcement.
(c) A letter asking her to come stay with him in Malta.
(d) A drawing of him by a local artist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who follows Aubrey dutifully?

2. Who is Stephen Maturin?

3. Who does Graham believe is visiting Malta?

4. About whom does Graham worry?

5. Where does the admiral live?

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