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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will be waiting for Aubrey and his crew when they suceed in crossing?
(a) Artillery.
(b) A boat.
(c) Horses.
(d) Mules.

2. With whom does the Surprise sail parallel?
(a) The Dryad.
(b) The Houghton.
(c) The Pollux.
(d) The Leopard.

3. Why does Mr. Fielding decline passage aboard the Surprise?
(a) He wants to travel on a faster ship.
(b) He is assigned to the Nymphe.
(c) He is not offered passage on the Surprise.
(d) He believes Aubrey is having an affair with his wife.

4. What does Mr. Hairabedian do?
(a) Kills a crew member.
(b) Asks Maturin for some laudenum.
(c) Jumps into the ocean for a swim.
(d) Asks Aubrey to set him ashore immediately.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Aubrey ordered to take his crew?

3. Who does Mauturin try to locate in Valletta?

4. Who is Mrs. Laura Fielding?

5. What does Maturin learn when he dives for the treasure?

(see the answer key)

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