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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what do the citizens gossip?
(a) About Maturin having an affair with Mrs. Fielding.
(b) About Aubrey having an affair with Mrs. Fielding.
(c) About Ponto's relationship with Mrs. Fielding.
(d) About Ponto's relationship to Aubrey.

2. Who is Andrew Wray?
(a) An idealist on the side of the French.
(b) Maturin's good botanist friend.
(c) Mrs. Fielding's lover.
(d) Aubrey's First Lieutenant.

3. What are the officers not enjoying their time in Malta?
(a) Their ships are being repaired and they are unemployed.
(b) They have received new orders to the West Indies.
(c) The war is about to end and they will be unemployed.
(d) The natives are hostile to them.

4. What does Mrs. Fielding ask Aubrey to help her write?
(a) An appeal for the release of her husband.
(b) An appeal for the release of her husband's funds at a local bank.
(c) A letter to her husband.
(d) Lyrics to a song she writes.

5. Over what do Maturin and Aubrey argue concerning the ship?
(a) Whether Aubrey will allow Maturin to pay for some of the expense of its repairs.
(b) Whether or not Maturin's new purchase will fit on board.
(c) Whether the ship can be made seaworthy.
(d) Whether the ship should be retrofitted with several new cannons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Graham enjoy doing as a pastime?

2. What is the Dromedary?

3. Who has just been promoted to junior commander of his own ship?

4. Who helps Ponto?

5. What is Mrs. Fielding's first name?

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